Fingest House With Wall, Gates And Gate Piers Attached At South West

Fingest House, along with the wall, gates, and gate piers attached at the southwest, is a late 18th-century building that was remodelled and extended in the mid-19th century by J.S. Gwilt, a London architect and grandson of George Gwilt. The house features whitewashed render and hipped old tile roofs. The original block has mid-19th-century parallel extensions to the east side, a mid-19th-century entrance lobby along the west side, and a service wing attached to the northwest corner.

The house is two storeys high. The east front has three bays from the 19th century, with irregular sashes on the ground floor, 20th-century paired wooden casements with louvred shutters on the first floor, and off-centre double glazed doors flanked by rendered pilasters, a keyblock, and a flat hood on brackets. The south front, facing the road, features tripartite windows in a rectangular bay to the left. The original block has barred sashes with rendered keystones on the first floor of the west side and a moulded eaves cornice. The entrance lobby includes a gabled porch displaying the arms of J.S. Gwilt.

The service wing is one and a half storeys high, with four gabled semi-dormers, casements, and a bellcote adorned with ornamental bargeboards. Inside, there is a notable late 18th-century staircase with stick balusters and shaped scroll tread ends, along with one basket-headed opening on each floor featuring panelled pilasters and moulded voussoirs. A room to the south of the staircase has a delicate plaster ceiling, likely from the late 18th century, along with contemporary woodwork and six-panelled doors. The ornamental plaster ceiling cornices add to the interior's character.

The wall, dating from the late 18th century, is constructed of knapped flint with brick quoins and a band course below the parapet. It features two blind roundels with alternating brick and unknapped flint keystone surrounds. The gate piers are similarly designed with bands of brick and unknapped flint, topped with stone caps. The wooden gates have an inverted semi-circular arch and wickets. The wall was originally symmetrical to the front wall of Fingest Cottage.