West Compton House, Forecourt Wall And Piers On Roadside

West Compton House is a farmhouse that was later modified into a small country residence, originally built in the 17th century with alterations made in the mid-18th century for the Bisse family. The building is rendered with a tiled roof featuring coped verges and brick stacks set on ashlar bases. It has a plinth band, a moulded first floor band, a moulded cornice, and a parapet with a moulded coping, all highlighted by dressed stone quoins. The symmetrical Palladian frontage consists of two storeys and a basement, with three bays on each side. The 12-pane sash windows have thick glazing bars and are set in edge moulded stone architraves. The central entrance features a half-glazed door within a moulded architrave, topped by a flat-moulded cornice supported by acanthus leaf brackets, and an oblong panel above with scrolly side brackets. Access to the door is via six stone steps, with the top step replaced in concrete. To the left of the main façade is the entrance to the basement, which has paired plank doors with a cambered head.

Inside, there is a fine dog leg staircase with turned and twisted balusters, a ramped handrail, and tread brackets. The ground floor includes a fireplace with a dressed stone surround and additional lesser features. To the right of the frontage is a rubble wall with dressed stone coping that ramps up at the end, featuring a bead moulded door opening. The forecourt wall is made of rubble, with square ashlar gate piers at the center topped with moulded caps and pineapple finials in acanthus leaf cuppings. The end piers are rusticated with ball caps, and there is another door opening to the left with rusticated jambs. The wall coping ramps up at each end and at the gate piers, with a central gateway accessed by a set of five rubble steps. The 20th-century wooden gates are not of special interest.