Downley Farmhouse

Downley Farmhouse is a house dated 1819, designed by H. Rhodes for the Dashwood estate. It is constructed of chequer brick and features a hipped slate roof with a brick chimney. The building is double pile, standing two storeys tall with three bays. Below the eaves, there is a frieze with projecting pairs of upright bricks set at intervals. The windows are leaded casements; the outer bays on the ground floor have 3-light transomed casements with segmental heads set in shallow arched recesses, while the first floor has paired casements with cambered heads. The central brick porch has a shallow gable and a rendered semi-circular arch with impost blocks and a tall keyblock. The door inside is flush-panelled and slightly off-centre. There is another bay set back to the right. An attached stable is present but is not of special interest. Drawings of the farmhouse are located in the Dashwood Collection at West Wycombe House.