Downhouse

Downhouse is a house built around the late 18th century, constructed from flint with red brick dressings. It features a large hipped thatched roof with deeply overhanging eaves and brick axial and side stacks topped with tall clay pots. The building has a rectangular plan that includes three main rooms and a verandah at the front, along with smaller unheated rooms and a staircase at the back.

The exterior is one storey with an attic and presents an asymmetrical three-window south front, where the deeply overhanging eaves are supported by four rustic timber posts forming the verandah. The windows are three-light casements with glazing bars, and there is a doorway to the right of the center featuring a plank door. The rear (north side) has two two-light casements, a plank door to the left of center, and two attic dormers in thatch with small two-light casements.

Inside, the building has roughly chamfered and unchamfered ceiling beams, plank doors, and fireplaces with 20th-century chimneypieces. The attics are ceiled, but the purlins remain exposed. Downhouse is a notable example of a Georgian cottage orne.