Cotleigh House

Cotleigh House, likely dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, is a double-depth house originally designed with principal and service rooms arranged around a central entrance hall containing the main staircase. The front of the house is built of Bath stone ashlar, while the remaining exterior is plastered stone rubble, with stone rubble or brick stacks topped with Bath stone ashlar chimney shafts and a slate roof.

The symmetrical south front features a three-window design with two-centred arch-headed windows incorporating fluted keystones and original sash windows with Y-tracery glazing bars to the upper sashes. The ground floor windows are taller than those on the first floor. The central bay projects slightly, housing a large round-headed doorway with a surround of rusticated quoins, a fluted keystone and original double doors, side lights, and a fanlight featuring an ornate radial glazing bar pattern. A 20th-century porch now stands in front of the doorway. Pilaster strips of channelled rustication flank the front. Additional details include a platband at first floor level, a moulded eaves cornice, and a parapet with soffit-moulded coping.

The east front has a similar style with four windows featuring large 12-pane sashes with flat heads. The other sides of the house exhibit a simpler appearance, retaining pilaster strips and a moulded eaves cornice with a dentil frieze. Each side has a three-window front with blind windows and 16-pane sashes, and 8-pane sashes serve the attic windows.

The rear of the house features a central doorway with an original six-panel door and a contemporary flat hood supported by shaped timber brackets. According to reports, the interior contains a significant amount of original joinery, including a large open-well main staircase with an open string, stick balusters, a mahogany handrail, and curtail steps.