Slewton House

House. It has origins in the mid to late 17th century, possibly earlier, and was substantially refurbished and enlarged in the mid-19th century. The house is constructed of plastered local stone rubble, with some parts possibly being cob; stone rubble and brick stacks with plastered brick chimneyshafts, and a slate roof. The plan is based around a U-shape. The main entrance front faces south-east and consists of a two-room and through-passage plan with a two-room parlour crosswing projecting to the rear on the left (south-west) end. The room to the right of the passage served as a service room with a projecting gable-end stack, possibly the kitchen. A service wing projects at right angles to the rear, also with a gable-end stack. The room to the left of the passage shares an axial stack with the adjoining room of the crosswing. The rear parlour has an end stack and the passage leads back to a stair hall between the rear blocks and another room alongside the parlour. A wing has a lateral stack. While the service end and rear block display features suggesting a mid to late 17th century house, the majority of the visible structure is the result of the thorough 19th-century refurbishment. The house is two storeys high.

The entrance front is dominated by the blind end of the parlour crosswing, flanked by panelled stucco pilasters with acanthus motif tops. To the right is a symmetrical three-window front featuring attractive mid-19th century casement windows with a margin-pane pattern of glazing bars to the ground floor, and plain 20th-century casements to the first floor. These windows surround the front doorway, which has a mid-19th century four-panel door with an overlight and a contemporary flat-roofed Tuscan porch with slender piers. The garden front (south-west) of the parlour wing also presents a symmetrical three-window front with similar mid-19th century casements and margin-pane glazing. Here, the ground floor windows are French windows, one each side of a central round-headed niche, also flanked by stucco pilasters with moulded acanthus-motif caps. Eaves are carried on pairs of shaped timber brackets. The roof is hipped at both ends on this side; the entrance front roof is gable-ended to the right. The rear elevation retains its original mid-19th century fenestration, using similar margin-pane casements, except on the outer (north-east) side of the service wing, which features contemporary casements with rectangular panes of leaded glass.

The interior is largely mid-19th century, incorporating considerable joinery and detail from that period. However, the right end of the main block retains mid to late 17th century crossbeams, chamfered with cut diagonal stops. The roof was not inspected, but it is stated that no roof trusses are visible from the first floor. Slewton House is considered essentially a mid-19th century house, though it has earlier origins, and is described as modest yet attractive and well-preserved. The margin-pane casement windows appear to be the product of a local workshop and are a feature of a few adjacent parishes.