Beech House

Beech House is a house that has been converted into offices. It dates from the 18th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exterior is rendered, and the roof is not visible. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and a false attic storey, featuring five first-floor windows.

The central entrance consists of a half-glazed four-panel door framed by a stone architrave, set within a porch supported by flanking Tuscan columns. Above the porch is an entablature with a cornice and blocking course. To the far right, there is a six-panel door leading to a passage, which has a wooden architrave and cornice. On the far left, 19th-century canted bay windows with sash frames are present on both the ground and first floors, as well as between the doors to the right. The remaining windows are sashes with projecting sills and wedge lintels on the ground and first floors, while the second floor features fully framed and glazed six-pane sashes with similar detailing. A moulded band runs along the first-floor level, and the high parapet is adorned with cream brick fluted panels and a modillioned flat cornice.

On the left return, there are two storeys with seven first-floor windows. The windows throughout include 20th-century casements and sashes.

Inside, the ground floor features a large room on the left with scrolled plasterwork on the ceiling and a central rose. The front room on the right, as well as the central hall and landing, have roll-moulded ceiling cornices. The staircase consists of two flights with a moulded handrail and slender balusters topped with fluted capitals. On the first floor, the left side includes an 18th-century fireplace with a wood and plaster Adam-style surround, featuring paired fluted columns and a central plaque depicting Athena and the Muses. The sash windows have panelled reveals and shutters. The interior details were photographed for the National Monuments record prior to a thorough restoration in 1980.