Barwick House And Orangery

Barwick House and orangery are a country house, dating from around 1830, and later used as an approved school. The house appears to be a rebuilding or substantial remodelling of an earlier structure. It is constructed from Ham stone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, coped gables, and stone chimney stacks. The architectural style is early 17th century, and the main facade, facing south-east, has nine bays. Bays 1 to 8 are three-storey and project forward, while bay 9 projects further and has a prominent gable. A semi-circular arched stone entrance porch with Doric corner columns and an openwork parapet topped with urns is located in bay 5. The ground floor windows on either side of the entrance are Venetian, with three-light sash windows above, while the remaining ground floor windows are large single-light sash windows with architraves and strapwork decoration over. The upper floors feature sash windows. Dutch-style pedimented gables with numerous urn pinnacles adorn the roofline. Attached to the north side, a single-storey orangery with three bays is present, featuring semi-circular arcades and highly decorative openwork parapets, though the roof was missing as of 1983. The interior of the house has not been inspected. Barwick House forms the focal point of the Barwick Park estate, which includes four surviving follies.