Sheepscombe House

Sheepscombe House is a detached house with origins in the 17th century, but largely rebuilt in the late 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. The house is three storeys high with a cellar, and has five windows on the front, plus one. The main block has parallel hipped roofs, with a projection at the back having a swept-down roof. A gabled addition from the late 19th century is located at the back, and a late 19th-century open porch is at the front. A lower, two-storey wing, built in the late 19th century, is attached to the right. A former coach house and service wing has been converted into a separate property.

The front elevation features twelve-pane sashes, with nine panes to the second floor. The central section has a two-light casement. The central unit has a pair of part-glazed doors within a pedimented surround with dentils. To the right is a recessed wing with a door and cross-mullioned, small-paned casements to the right. A moulded cornice extends to a blocking course on the front elevation facing the road. The left return, now the principal entrance, features a stone mullioned window partly blocked by a florid Victorian porch with an arched opening to the gable and a small-paned glazed enclosure. To the right of the porch is a tripartite glazing barn sash. The first floor has a three-light stone mullioned casement, and a twelve-pane sash. The back of the house includes a lofty, arched stain window with intersecting bars to the arch, and to the left of this are two twelve-pane sashes over a three-light steel casement in a projecting block. An early plank door with steps leading down to a stone-vaulted cellar is situated under the stair window. There are two valley stacks.

The interior retains contemporary window shutters and an imported stone fire surround. There is a late 19th or 20th century staircase, and the interior is otherwise rather plain with low ceilings characteristic of the original building.