Barrington Grove

Barrington Grove is a large house dating back to the 17th century, with significant alterations and extensions around 1900 by Giles Greenway, with possible architectural input from Anthony Keck. The house is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, with an ashlar north front to the later range. The roofs are a mix of artificial stone slate (on the 17th-century range), stone slate (on the early 19th-century range), and artificial stone slate and slate (on the 19th-century service wing.

The original 17th-century range is rectangular, running parallel to and north of the early 19th-century addition. A 19th-century service wing extends from the east gable end of the original range. The 17th-century range is two storeys and has an attic lit by five 20th-century hipped roof dormers. The front has a five-window facade, with one bay representing a later addition. It features one 4-light hollow-chamfered stone-mullioned casement, possibly original, alongside two possibly 19th-century two-light stone-mullioned casements on the ground floor. The remaining windows are 12-pane sashes in dressed segmental-headed surrounds. A 9-pane sash is present on the first floor of the right-hand bay, with a 20th-century three-light wooden casement below. A 20th-century glazed door with glazing bars is centrally located.

The 19th-century service wing projects slightly and has a five-window facade with four 9-pane sashes to the first floor, and single-light and 2-light metal casements at the gable ends. A 20th-century glazed door with horizontal glazing bars is off-centre right. A double doorway, framed by a Doric portico with entablature, is located on the west side of the early 19th-century range.

The early 19th-century range has an almost symmetrical north front with a 2:3:2 window arrangement plus a single bay extension to the right. All windows are 12-pane sashes, with those in the outer bays set within projecting surrounds and keystones. Banded rustication features on the ground floor of the central three bays. Four stone steps lead up to the central window, which also serves as a doorway. A band runs above the ground floor windows, and the first-floor windows are flanked by single and paired Doric pilasters. A moulded cornice and parapet tops the central three bays. The range has a hipped roof, axial stacks with moulded cappings, and flat coping to the gable ends.

The interior includes an 18th-century open-well staircase with a column-on-vase balustrade. A 17th-century panelled room contains carved panelling originally from Horsham Park (Sussex), and a Tudor-arched fireplace with carved spandrels, one featuring a trefoil-leafed carving. Fielded-panelled doors have reeded architraves with fleurons in the upper corners. At least four fireplaces have Adam-style gesso decoration. A cantilevered stone staircase has stick balusters and a wreathed balustrade, topped by an oval lantern. The house descended to Robert Hurst of Horsham Park in 1873 and subsequently to Mr. R.H.Y. Mills.