Hartwell End House

Hartwell End House is an early 17th-century house, originally a farmhouse, with 18th-century extensions, and further alterations and extensions around 1900 and 1930. The house is constructed of stone and brick, mostly rendered with a pebble dash finish, with a plain-tile roof and slate verge to the east side. It features two brick ridge stacks, each with four diagonal shafts and terracotta chimney pots. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a single-storey, flat-roofed extension of around 1930 to the north gable end.

The original 17th-century stone range comprises two units divided by a cross wall, featuring a stack. Evidence suggests a 17th-century wing on the west side was later incorporated into late 18th-century gabled extensions to the main range. A major extension of around 1900 was added to the south end of the 19th-century range, incorporating a polygonal two-storey bay window at each corner.

The west front exhibits a series of six irregular cross-gabled projections. Four have 18th-century sash windows with flat-arched heads; the others belong to the c. 1900 extensions and feature casement windows or sashes with hood moulds. A 20th-century central entrance doorway has a glazed panelled door. The garden (east) front features 17th-century bays, each with a four-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window with hood mould to the ground floor, and a similar three-light window to the first floor above. The lintel of the ground floor left window is renewed in timber and has a blocked light to the right. A central part-glazed door is also present. A similar 17th-century three-light window is found on the first floor of the north gable wall, with a corbelled projection to the centre of the gable above, pierced by a small casement. The 17th-century south gable wall, now concealed by an extension, was originally similar to the north gable wall.

Inside, the main cross wall contains a large blocked stone fireplace with a moulded Tudor-arched head and jambs, discovered behind panelling below the present staircase hall. The 17th-century-pattern oak stair, largely or wholly of the 20th century, has stop-chamfered square newel posts with finials and serpentine splat balusters. The rafters of the roof exhibit stop-chamfered spine beams. A remaining window or door in the former north external wall is now internal, with a four-centred arched head, cut spandrels, and moulded jambs. An upper room contains a fireplace with moulded stone jambs and a mid-19th-century cast-iron grate. The roof is of collar-truss construction. The house is believed to have been built as a hunting lodge within Salcey Forest.