Pylewell House

Pylewell House is a medium-sized country house, significantly enlarged throughout the mid-18th century and again in the early 20th century. The house is constructed of ashlar stone and yellow brick, with parts rendered in stucco, and has slate and lead roofs, along with moulded brick stacks.

The original 18th-century building, as depicted by Kip, comprised a two-storey and attic block with a basement, featuring a seven-bay-by-three-bay central block and a single-storey-over-basement, three-bay flanking range. Further 18th-century expansion occurred before the substantial early 20th-century enlargement transformed the house into a three-storey-over-basement main block (seven bays by three bays) with two-storey-over-basement flanking wings (four bays by four bays). The entrance front, faced in yellow brick centrally and stuccoed in the wings, appears largely of the 20th century.

The central three bays project slightly, rising three storeys. A rectangular, flat-roofed porch with a Doric entablature and a projecting centre bay topped with a pediment sits above a ten-step approach. Basement windows are visible on each side. Sashes are set within architraves on the ground and first floors, with moulded strings separating floors. The central second floor features aprons below small windows in similar frames. An oculus sits within the pediment. A large, coved cornice runs to a mansard roof, punctuated by seven-pane, pedimented dormers. The hipped upper roof has corner stacks and a prominent stack on the left-hand ridge, as well as a central ridge stack. The flanking wings possess six-pane basement windows, and a panelled plinth to Doric columns on the ground floor with a pair at each end. Each bay contains a twelve-pane sash. They have an entablature and tented mansard roof, adorned with a twelve-pane, pedimented dormer. The upper roof face is leaded, with a central stack.

The garden front presents a three-storey, three-bay centre block with a full-height canted bay surmounted by a glazed cupola. Flanking this are two-storey, four-bay wings. The ground floor has round-headed twelve-pane sashes, the first floor twelve-pane sashes within architraves, and smaller sashes on the second floor. A balustraded parapet tops all parts.

The interior appears to be largely of high-quality, early 20th-century work in an Early Georgian style, though some original 18th-century rooms remain.