Steanbridge With Attached Service Wing

Steanbridge is a country house dating from the 17th and early 19th centuries. It is a complex building with a substantial early wing to which a large 19th-century unit has been added, obscuring the original building on the south-west front. The main, south-west front is two storeys high with a symmetrical 2:1:2 window arrangement, featuring deep 12-pane sashes at ground floor and standard 12-pane windows above. The central window is of Palladian design with a fanlight over a segmental arch, and a projecting porch with slender Doric columns, now enclosed, contains a wide 6-paned door with an overlight, flanked by 8-pane sashes. Other features include a small plinth, a first-floor band, and a moulded cornice.

The right return of the 19th-century front has three bays, but the ground floor centre and first-floor bays 1 and 2 are blanked. A plate glass sash and 20th-century door are present at ground floor, with 12-pane sashes above and a small stack with a swept-up parapet. Set back further to the right is part of the original 17th-century house, with gabled two-storey and attic sections, and a cellar. This section features 2-light over 3-light recessed, chamfered casements with run-out stops, a large 16-pane sash, and a plinth containing window openings to the basement. A low, late 19th-century wing is located to the right, and has a large external stepped stack to a coped gable.

The return of the 19th-century front, to the left, is three bays, all blanked except for a 12-pane sash at the top left; a 19th-century conservatory is attached. To the left of this, a long 17th-century frontage has a gable to the left and a large external stack to the eaves. This section is two-and-a-half storeys high with four windows. It includes a 4-light casement under a segmental head, recessed, chamfered casements, a 20th-century part-glazed door, and deep 12-paned windows. The first floor has recessed, chamfered mullioned casements with stopped drips, and 12-pane sashes, all under drips. The gable has a 2-light recessed, chamfered casement. Gables in this block have coped verges, one with a cross saddle.

To the left again is a further low, cross-gabled unit. Projecting forward is a long, low former service wing, built across a slope, largely modified for domestic use, but retaining original openings to the south-west. This block is constructed in fine limestone ashlar with a stone slate roof. The interior has not been inspected, but the 19th-century block appears to retain its original shutters to the main facade. The house is featured in Laurie Lee's 'Cider with Rosie'.