Cams

Cams is a Grade II* house located in Hambledon, originally built in the mid-16th century with a timber frame. It was raised and re-roofed in the early 17th century, with a late 17th-century east wing and staircase added, along with an 18th-century service extension and a further extension around 1820. The lower walls are made of painted brickwork in Flemish Garden Wall bond, while the upper sections are tile-hung. The south end of the original block exposes the timber frame, and some framing is visible on the east wing, which is mostly tile-hung, with painted brickwork on the early 19th-century part. The house features a hipped tile roof with plaster coved eaves and wrought-iron gutter brackets, as well as brick dentil eaves on the 19th-century section and hipped dormers.

The building has a four-bay timber frame with a central smoke bay that has been later filled with a large chimney, alongside another chimney attached to the outside of the frame at the south end. The west front elevation has two storeys with two windows above three. It includes casements with 18th-century upper leaded lights and a six-panelled door, two of which are glazed, situated beneath a 20th-century canopy on brackets. The east wing has two storeys and an attic, featuring one window above two above one. The first floor contains old mullion and transom casements. The southeast angle is filled by a one-storey brick block with a later attic and a half-octagonal south end, which has three tall casements and a hipped roof with a dormer. At the north end, there is a single-storeyed service wing with brick walls and a tiled roof.

Inside, the house boasts a fine dog-leg staircase, and the rooms in the east wing are adorned with pinewood panelling. The service wing includes a brick sink, an aged pump, and a large fireplace. To the east of the 19th-century block, there is a glazed conservatory dating from the early or mid-19th century.