Naphill House

Naphill House is a house, formerly used as a workhouse, dating to 1761, with alterations made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is constructed of red and vitreous brick with a hipped roof covered in old tiles and brick chimneys. The building is double pile, two storeys high with an attic, and has a three-bay facade. A flint and brick plinth features moulded coping, while a first-floor band course has modillions. The windows are 3-light mullion and transom windows in larger openings, with flat brick arches to the ground floor. The central doorway has a 19th- or 20th-century semi-circular fanlight and a pedimented brick surround; the band course rises above the pediment. Other sides are similarly styled but less regular, with some small central closet windows and some blocked windows. A canted bay window is on the right side, and a flat-roofed extension on the left, with the band course terminating in a triangular shape in the centre. Inside, a good original fireplace is present in the rear right room, featuring a shouldered and stepped architrave and a pulvinated frieze. Other fireplaces have shallow niches with semi-circular arched heads and shaped imposts; the front right room has two larger niches containing ovals with raised heart motifs. There is also a staircase with a roll-moulded handrail, and painted initials "MWI" in the front right room.