Lilies

Lilies is a country house with attached service wing and stables, dating to 1870 and designed by George Devey for Henry Cazenove. The house is constructed of red brick with dark pointing, featuring blue brick diapers on the side walls. Rusticated brick quoins are present, along with stone dressings. The roof is slate, with stone copings to the gables, and brick chimneys; one chimney has a moulded stone string.

The architecture is in a classical style, characterised by first and second floor string courses, a moulded modillion cornice carried around the central gable, and stone window surrounds. The building is two storeys and has an attic, with three bays. The outer bays have canted projections with balustraded stone parapets and cross casement windows; those to the first floor are within architrave arches with moulded keyblocks. The central bay has a gable with a lunette window in an architrave surround sitting on a cornice, and three raised brick panels to the attic. The first floor features a Venetian window, with the central light containing an architrave arch and scrolled keyblock, and the outer lights with flat stone hoods on scroll brackets, flanked by blind brick roundels. The ground floor of the central bay has double half-glazed doors and flanking windows, all with arched heads in painted stone architraves on similar piers. A porch, single storey in height, mirrors this detailing with Ionic pilasters, an entablature, and a balustraded parapet; its central arch displays a fleur-de-lys on the keyblock. The other facades also feature canted projections in the outer bays, with those to the south flanking the site of a conservatory.

A lower service block to the north is of similar construction but with irregular gables and windows with segmental heads and keyblocks. Stables are attached to the north end, enclosing a small court with a water tower and carriage house to the left of the entrance, and an oval window in the gable to the right. Most other openings have been altered.

The interior features carved marble fireplaces, elaborate embossed paper or delicate plaster ceilings, and panelled doors. A fine staircase has turned balusters, an arcaded landing, and a stained glass window. The dining room includes an oak chimney-piece in a Jacobethan style and a large mirror set within a segmental arch.