Alford House

Alford House is a detached house, originally dating from the late 18th century, but substantially remodelled in 1877 by F.C. Penrose. It is constructed of local lias stone with Ham stone dressings, featuring hipped Welsh slate roofs behind low parapets and stone chimney stacks. The house is designed in a neo-Elizabethan style. The west elevation has five bays, with bays 2 and 4 projecting forward and being taller than the others. It has two and three storeys with attics. The ground-floor windows are ovolo-moulded mullioned with transoms and flat heads; the first-floor windows feature three-centre arched lights with hood moulds; all are two-light except the centre bay, which is three-light. The second floor of bays 2 and 4 has margined sash windows set within pointed arched openings, while the other bays have timber gabled dormers. There are semi-circular arched porches set forward of bays 2 and 4, with flat roofs behind parapets topped with ball and obelisk finials. A bellcote sits on the roof between bays 1 and 2. The south elevation mirrors the west, with a projecting two-storey bay window in the centre and dormer windows over each bay. The east elevation incorporates an octagonal stair turret with a spired slate roof. The interior has not been inspected, but is apparently little altered.