Top House

Top House is a house built around 1838-1840, likely designed by Joseph Paxton for the Devonshire estate. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and features an overhanging Welsh slate roof adorned with decorative wooden bargeboards. The house has paired diamond ashlar gable stacks and is laid out in a T-plan over two storeys.

The south elevation consists of two plus one bays, with a symmetrical two-bay section that has angle quoins. At the center, there is a gabled porch featuring decorative bargeboards and a finial. The porch includes a segmental pointed arched doorway with a slight chamfer and a pair of half-glazed doors. This doorway is flanked by 2-light casement windows that are deeply set in plain ashlar surrounds, with arched lights above the casements. Above, there are two similar windows located in gabled half dormers, also with decorative bargeboards. The lower wing to the right has a similar 4-light window, and the rear wing exhibits similar fenestration.