Leonard Wills Field Centre

The Leonard Wills Field Centre, formerly known as Nettlecombe Court, is a manor house dating back to the late medieval period. It was originally a hall with a cross passage and a wing, which now serves as kitchens and a pantry. A significant alteration occurred in 1599 with the construction of an entrance front, incorporating a porch, great hall, and parlour. Around 1641, an addition was made to the rear of the great hall, and between 1703 and 1707, the South West front was extended, along with the addition of a staircase set within an angle. Further embellishment came in 1753 with plasterwork on the stair, followed by decoration to the South West wing in 1787-8. An early 19th-century stucco finish and a North East service range were added during the early 19th century, although the stucco was removed in the mid-20th century.

The building is constructed of squared and coursed red sandstone, with a moulded plinth, coped parapets, finials, and a slate roof, hipped to the right. The plan incorporates a hall and screens passage, an "L"-shaped block representing the earlier house with a later wing forming a service area, and a courtyard. A South West wing fronts the garden.

The building is two and three storeys high, with a symmetrical facade of 2:1:2:1:2:2 bays. A three-storey gabled porch occupies the fifth bay on the right. The left gable end includes blocked openings and first-floor windows with ovolo-moulded mullions, except for the four bays to the right, which feature 12-pane sash windows. A three-by-five pane mullioned oriel window sits above a stone relieving arch on the left, with further mullioned windows of 3x3 lights similarly housed under relieving arches. A Tudor arch opening leads to the porch, displaying the date 1599 within the spandrel. The garden front on the left return is brick-faced with a central gabled attic window and nine bays, featuring 20th-century four-pane sash windows. A central, pedimented Ionic porch is a prominent feature.

The kitchen courtyard exhibits late 17th-century leaded cruciform windows and reset moulded medieval doorcases within the North East wing. The interior boasts a fine strapwork moulded plaster ceiling with pendent details in the Great Hall, alongside a plasterwork overmantel. The early 18th century features bolection moulded panelling and an organ gallery with an organ initially crafted in 1666 by John Loosemore, subsequently repaired and enlarged in the 19th century. The staircase includes turned balusters, inlaid landing floors, and delicate rococo plasterwork. A small dining parlour, dating back to 1641, includes heavy plasterwork decoration, similar to that found in the room directly above. Circa 1700 plasterwork is present in the office and the room above. The South West wing showcases Adam style decoration, under the direction of Samuel Heal, with a ceiling and marble fireplace in the drawing room, and an Ionic screen and plasterwork cornice in the dining room. The building served as a boys' preparatory school from 1963, transitioning to the Leonard Wills Field Centre in 1967. The house is notable for its collection of interiors displaying excellent examples of plasterwork from five distinct periods, with only 19th-century examples absent.