Brudenell House

House. Dating from the 16th century, it was refronted in the mid-18th century and extended later in the 18th and 19th centuries. The house is constructed of red and vitreous brick with red quoins and window surrounds, a moulded plinth, and a moulded wooden eaves cornice. It has a hipped old tile roof and irregular brick chimneys. Original wings are present to the south and east, with an 18th–19th century wing to the north, forming a V-shaped plan with a later infill section. The house is two storeys tall, with an attic and cellar. The east front has five bays, the outer bays slightly projecting with canted fronts. The windows are barred sashes with gauged brick heads. Windows in the left bay retain original thick glazing bars. A dormer window is located in the centre bay, shaped like a barred thermal window, set within a shaped brick surround with a moulded open pediment. The central entrance door is barred and glazed, with a rectangular fanlight incorporating early 20th century patterned glazing. The south front features five narrow bays with similar sashes; the centre bay is blocked, and the second bay has a 20th-century door with a rectangular fanlight. A blocked cellar opening has a segmental brick head. The north wing is of chequer brick, with a modillion eaves and leaded casements. The interior of the ground floor rooms in the south wing includes 18th-century bolection panelling. The west room has a 18th-century moulded stone fireplace, while the east room has a 19th-century marble fireplace. An early 17th-century staircase is also present. A hall in the centre of the east wing contains early 17th-century panelling and a linenfold screen with a heraldic frieze incorporating the name of George Brudenell, pierced by two doorways with four-centred arches. This hall also features moulded cross beams and an altered stone fireplace with carved spandrels and tympanum, as well as an early 17th-century overmantel with raised wooden panels and split balusters.