Doverhay House And Doverhay Lodge

Doverhay House and Doverhay Lodge are likely the result of two cottages that were enlarged and given new windows to create a house with an adjoining lodge. The building probably incorporates some 17th-century work, primarily from the mid-19th century. The exterior is rendered over rubble with thatched roofs; the west roof is hipped, and painted brick stacks are visible at the north and east gable ends and rising from the eaves on the west side. The building’s plan follows a rough “L” shape on a corner site. A single-story lodge is located at the south end, and the east front likely originally contained two cells to the left of the entrance. The north front features three cells extending the length of the building, with a gabled northwest range.

The north front is one and a half stories high, with two bays and one half bay. It features primarily trefoil-headed windows with leading; two gables are positioned above trefoil-headed lights, with plate glass windows. Corbelled sills are present, and a two-light window is in the right gable end, with two thatched, hooded two-light windows below. A beveled corner leads to the gable end, where two pointed arch niches contain single-light windows. The entrance is located within a recessed two-story bay with half-timbering applied to the gable end. Above the door is the date "1690" accompanied by two portrait medallions, likely depicting William and Mary, which were probably added around 1900. A long, four-bay, two-story block adjoins the main house, featuring three dormers and a window set below the gable end with applied half-timbering. The single-story lodge has a depressed timber arch doorway in a curved wall, and it abuts Doverhay Cottage to the left. The interior remains unexamined, but shares a similar style with The Gable Hotel to the north.