Paradise House

Paradise House is a substantial detached house located in Queen's Square, Cullompton. It dates back to the 16th or 17th century but has been significantly altered by rebuilding in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of brick, with a cob rear wing, all under a gabled slate roof. Originally, it likely had a three-room, cross-passage layout with a lower-end rear wing. The rear wing is older than the main range, which still follows the traditional plan with an axial stack backing onto the former passage. The rooms in the main range do not connect directly but are linked by a rear service corridor. The left wing has an end stack, and there is a possibly 17th-century axial stack in the wing, both with brick shafts.

The house is two storeys high and features a front elevation with a three-window range, built in English bond brick. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, with the left-hand window having horns. On the ground floor, there is a left-hand doorway under a broken pediment, flanked by pilasters and with panelled reveals; the door is glazed and topped by a semi-circular fanlight. The right-hand door now leads into a conservatory, and there are two 12-pane hornless sash windows. At the rear, there is a lean-to with one hornless sash window and one window featuring coloured glass margin panes. The shallow brick rear wing, which connects with the older cob work, has a slated lean-to; it includes a hornless sash window on the first floor and a round-headed 6-pane hornless sash window with intersecting bars and some coloured glass. The older part of the wing has three 16-pane sash windows (one of which is horned) and a 12-pane window to the right of the door.

Inside, the house features internal panelled shutters, some internal round-headed archways, a door with coloured glass, an elegant stick baluster staircase, and a well-constructed roof in the front range with crossed principals, morticed and side pegged.