Discove House

Discove House is a detached house with a long plan, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, incorporating earlier fragments. It is constructed of local stone rubble with Doulting stone dressings, and has thatched roofs with coped gables and finials. Brick chimney stacks are present at the ends and between the bays. The house is two storeys high with attics, and has an irregular arrangement of 11 bays.

Bays 1 to 3 represent an 18th-century extension, featuring three 12-pane sash windows on the ground floor and one 16-pane sash window above, all with exposed timber lintels. Bay 4 has a horizontal sliding 2-light sash window with a timber lintel. Bay 5 contains a 4-light mullioned window with an ovolo moulding and a label. Above and between these windows is a 6-pane sash and a 2-light attic casement set into the thatch; to the right is a small casement. A projecting three-storey porch is situated in bay 6, featuring an off-centre, moulded, cambered arched doorway, with 6-pane sash windows and a label above at each level. A carved fox head is located beneath the upper label, referencing the surname of Lord Ilchester. A small, flat-roofed extension from the 20th century is located to the east of the porch. Bay 7 has 6-pane sash windows on both levels, with an attic casement above. Bay 8 has a plain boarded door and two small casements above. Bay 9 has two 6-pane sash windows. Bay 10 has a small 6-pane sash and a bricked-up opening above. Two 6-pane sash windows are present in bay 11. Single-storey extensions are attached to the east and west gables.

The interior includes several features of interest. A west room on the ground floor has an early 18th-century moulded dado rail, doors, and doorcase. The bedroom above has a tall, coved ceiling. The adjacent ground floor room has panelling displaying an early form of linenfold motif, and a cambered arched fireplace. The porch contains a dog-leg staircase leading to the first and second floors, likely dating to the 18th century. A large fireplace with a timber beam is in the kitchen. Tradition holds that the house served as an occasional lodging for Lord Ilchester while Redlynch Park was under construction, explaining the 18th-century westward extension and the reshaping of the house plan.