Great Sandpits

Great Sandpits is a detached house built in the mid 17th century, with later additions from the early 18th century and 19th century. The structure is made of red brick, blue lias stone, and features a red tile roof with brick stacks. It has an L-shaped main body with limestone quoins, and a rear wing that was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. There is a set-back extension from the 18th to 19th century on the right side of the main body.

The house is two stories tall and has a three-windowed facade, which is illuminated by three and four-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows, some of which have transoms. An early studded plank door is located off-centre to the right, featuring decorative strap hinges and set within a stone Tudor-arched surround with foliate spandrels, and is sheltered by a 20th-century latticework porch. A window to the left of the door is blocked, and there is a partly blocked window to the right of the porch with the inscription "George Smith July 19th 1774" within the blocking. Another ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned window is set lower down and is also partly blocked. A string course runs between the ground and first floor windows.

At the left gable end, there is a stone ovolo-moulded cross window with leaded panes that lights the ground floor. A four-light stone-mullioned window with transom windows above is also present. The two-storey extension to the right of the main body is lit by 20th-century two-light casements and features a band between the ground and first floors.

Inside, the front left-hand room has tie beams with bar stops, and the plasterwork between the tie beams features simple combed decoration at the margins and fleur-de-lys decoration at each corner, with one fleur-de-lys restored in the 20th century. There is an open fireplace with a small range and a chimney crane. The house was owned by William Hurdman in 1658, as noted in a monument in the nave of the local church.