Aurora Church House

Aurora Church House is a large, red brick building, likely initially one house constructed around 1820. It is a two-and-a-half-storey rectangular block with a hipped slate roof and wide eaves.

The south-facing front, which is Church House, displays a symmetrical facade of five windows, with the two outer windows set within shallow brick bows. The windows are recessed, retaining their original glazing bars and flat brick arches, and are topped by thin brick sills. A stucco band runs across the front, dividing the upper ground floor from the first floor. A bowed porch, raised on a brick base to upper ground floor level, features splayed steps and an iron balustrade. Two iron columns support an entablature that is bowed out from the stucco band, creating a canopy. The double doors consist of six fielded panels, with side lights panelled below and flanked by thin, panelled pilasters framing a reeded doorhead. Above the doors is a large semi-circular fanlight with delicate, faded radial glazing bars and an architrave. The surrounding wall is stuccoed.

The west front has four flat-roofed dormers with glazing bars to sash windows. Seven windows are present on this front, some of which are blind. A three-bay Tuscan verandah with a tent-roofed trellis balcony above extends across part of the west front. A circular window (oeil de boeuf) is centrally positioned within the verandah. Other windows are recessed sashes with intact glazing bars; three on the second floor have Venetian shutters, and two to the left of the verandah on the first floor possess delicate iron balconies supported by shaped brackets and tent-shaped canopies. Double doors beneath the verandah feature six panels—the upper pair with small, horizontal ovals, the central pair larger with wreath mouldings, and the lower panels flush with inset diamonds. The door surround includes reeded reveals and iron corner blocks.

The entrance to "Aurora" itself is defined by a pedimented doorcase with Doric columns. The door consists of five flush panels, topped by a rectangular fanlight with three pointed panes. Above the door, on the first floor, is a pointed two-light casement. The north end of the building, along with the wall behind the three-bay verandah/balcony, is stuccoed. The building occupies a prominent position within a group of buildings in the Sidmouth area.