The Church House

The Church House, formerly known as the Almshouses southwest of the Church, is a house that dates back to the 17th century. It was altered and extended in the early 19th century and refurbished in the 20th century. The front features three central bays with a flint plinth, 19th-century chequer brick on the ground floor, and half-timbering with rendered infill and arched braces above. The rear has timber framing and brick, while the outer bays are extensions made of brick and flint. Each bay has small brick gables. The building has an old tile roof with brick chimneys on the left and center rear, the latter having two rebuilt diagonal shafts. It has one and a half storeys and five bays, with 20th-century leaded casements—three-light on the ground floor and two-light in the gables. There are pairs of 20th-century board doors between the second and third bays and between the fourth and fifth bays. All ground floor openings feature 19th-century rendered Tudor hoodmoulds linked by a narrow rendered string. To the left, there is a small single-storey extension. A stone plaque commemorates the endowment by Ellen, Countess Conyngham, who died in 1816. The building was originally given as almshouses by the Dormer family.