The Porch House

The Porch House is a house located on Church Street in Newent, dating from the early to late 18th century. The front of the building is rendered to resemble ashlar stone, featuring a plain plinth and a tiled roof. It has an 'L' plan layout, with the front being two rooms deep and three storeys high. The façade is largely symmetrical, with a door accessed by two stone steps. The door has eight panels, with the top two being glazed and the rest fielded, along with a plain rectangular fanlight and panelled reveals.

The porch is supported by fluted Ionic columns, with the lower third of the columns being reeded, and features an open pediment and a dentil frieze. To the left of the porch are two wide sash windows with moulded architraves and projecting stone sills on end consoles. To the right, there is one similar window, a cambered head to a cellar opening at ground level, and an enlarged window that forms a doorway accessed by two stone steps, with plain reveals and a moulded surround. The first floor has five windows matching those below, with sills that create a continuous plain string course. The second floor features three sash windows with single-pane high sashes and similar sills.

The house has a modillion eaves cornice and a circular lead rain-water pipe with a contemporary shaped head to the left of the front door. There are brick chimneys on the gables, with one located to the right of the front door. Inside, the entrance hall has a moulded cornice and six-panel doors. The fireplace lintel features alternating fluting and paterae, with a half Ionic column at the foot of the stairs on the left. The ground floor windows have panelled shutters, and the room on the right has dado panelling, a semi-circular recess in one wall, and an Adam-style fireplace surround with a moulded cornice. The staircase has turned balusters and features an original flight leading up from the first floor. The original house was two bays and two and a half storeys high, later enlarged by one bay on the right with the eaves raised in the late 18th century.