Poundwell House

Poundwell House is a large detached house, now divided into six dwellings, dating from the early to mid-18th century. The building is rendered with slate roofs and brick stacks. It features a broad and shallow main symmetrical block, a long back wing, and a cross wing at the far end. The front elevation has three storeys and seven windows, all of which are 12-pane sashes. The ground floor windows have projecting keystones beneath a plain string course, while the first floor windows have sunk aprons. The central entrance consists of a six-panel fielded door with a transom light featuring Y-bars, set within a pilaster surround topped by a flat hood with a moulded edge on consoles. The ends of the building have pilasters with bases and caps, a continuous cornice, a blocking course, and coping, along with gable stacks.

The right return of the house has a plain gable end, followed by a two-storey and attic block with a window arrangement of 3:1:3, which is slightly set back from the gable. At the far end, there is a gabled wing that is brought forward. The ground floor includes a canted flat-roofed bay with an 8:12:8-pane sash and a paired 12-pane sash. The first floor features six 12-pane sashes and a small central single light. To the far left, adjoining the front block, there is a deep-set part-glazed 19th-century door with a transom light, along with a central panel door to a segmental transom light, both set in pointed flat surrounds. The gable end of the wing has 12-pane sashes flanking a 16th-century basket-handle door surround with a part-glazed door. The first floor includes a canted oriel with a flat roof and moulded cornice, and there is a plain shield in the gable. A margin-paned sash serves as the main stair window.

The interior has been partially inspected. Number 1 retains an oak newel and a stair with a solid string and heavy turned balusters, along with a bolection mould doorcase featuring a mahogany door and some excellent bolection mould panelling. Number 2 has a granite fire surround, an elliptical 18th-century recess, and an A-frame roof made of slight members.