Combefishacre House

Combefishacre House is a large house dating to around 1830. It is constructed of stucco over brickwork, featuring four brick stacks—one at the gable end, one at the rear, two axial stacks, and a lateral stack at the rear. The roof is slate, with wide, overhanging eaves supported by brackets.

The house has a double-depth plan, with a complex internal layout that remains largely unaltered. Entry is through a small hall, which leads to a heated room on the left. From the entrance hall, a large stair hall, the central core of the house, is accessed. To the right of the stair hall are two large principal rooms overlooking the garden. A service range projects as a slight wing to the left of the stair hall at the rear.

The house is two storeys high, with a cellar. The symmetrical three-window entrance front features a central door. The ground floor has original 12-pane hornless sashes, while the upper floor features taller 15-pane sashes. A wide, Adam-style doorway has original double-panelled doors, with the lower panel fluted; narrow lights flank the doorway with pilasters, and the fanlight has ornate radial glazing bars. Four large Doric pilasters are positioned either side of the windows and at either end of the side walls. The symmetrical three-sash window garden front is on the right side.

The interior remains very unaltered. All original six-panel doors with some projecting architraves survive on the ground floor. Principal rooms retain panelled shutters, a simple moulded cornice, and a ceiling band. The entrance hall features a plaster ceiling with a circular design and a decorative running leaf pattern bordering it. Blind arches, springing from moulded plaster imposts, are located at the top of each wall. The small heated room and rear principal room likely have original chimney-pieces crafted from Ashburton marble, with reeded pilasters, lintels, and corner roundels. A later, more ornate marble chimney-piece is located in the front principal room. The cantilevered staircase features turned newels, a curtail step, stick balusters, and rises to a balustraded landing on the first floor, with a stair lantern above.