Birdlip House

Birdlip House is a large house largely dating to the 18th and early 19th centuries, with a core of 17th-century fabric that was partly demolished and subsequently expanded. A smaller 17th-century range exists at the rear. The house is constructed of part ashlar, part coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof and rendered stacks. The layout is rectangular, with the later range built over the cellar of the earlier range that runs at a right angle.

The 17th-century range is two storeys and has an attic, with a single-storey service range, while the later range is three storeys high. The road-facing elevation incorporates two single-light cellar windows from the earlier range, now forming the base of the later range's side wall. It features a three-light segmental-headed window with a keystone to the ground floor of the original range, interrupting a continuous dripmould. Above it is a three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window. The gable end of the 17th-century section retains a three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window with a continuous dripmould to the ground floor, a similar window with a stopped hood above, and a two-light window to the attic. A service wing/store connects at a right angle, with a single-width plank door and a double door flanking a three-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casement window.

The symmetrical east front of the later range is three windows wide, with two 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor, three 12-pane sashes on the first floor, and three 9-pane sashes above. A central door, featuring flush panels and a fanlight, is set within a round-headed surround with an open triangular pediment and pilasters, topped by a parapet with a moulded cornice.

Inside the 17th-century section, an inglenook fireplace with a bressumer remains. The original staircase, with stick balusters and moulded brackets to the risers, and original doors and shutters are also present in the later range. Only a partial interior inspection was possible.