Glebe House, Lamington

Glebe House is a two-story, three-bay Regency former manse built in 1822. It is accompanied by a single-story, five-bay range extending to the rear, forming a Z-shaped plan. The house’s bowed outer bays feature semi-conical roofs, while a central stone doorpiece with shallow plasterwork is topped by timber-bracketed eaves. The exterior is predominantly rendered, with some rubble masonry visible on the rear outbuildings. A base course runs around the building. Delicate red sandstone window surrounds and margined quoins add detail. A small, rectangular stone outbuilding with a piended slate roof sits to the northeast of the main house.

The windows are timber sash and case, with a 2-over-4-pane glazing pattern on the front elevation, incorporating curved glass panes and horns. Sides and rear windows have a 12-pane pattern. The front entrance is a four-panelled timber door. The roof is grey slate with zinc flashings, and there are plain rendered gable stacks. Cast-iron rainwater goods are also present.

A large, rectangular walled garden is located to the southwest of the house, enclosed by the house gable and an ancillary building to the northeast. The garden is bordered by a random rubble wall with rendered rubble cappings.

Gatepiers of large, square ashlar construction are topped with pyramidal caps and ball finials, and are flanked by wrought-iron gates. A plain octagonal shaft sundial sits on a stepped stone base in front of the house.

Glebe House presents a good example of a Regency rural manse, with its wall garden and grounds retaining their original layout and key features, including, reportedly, a fire surround and a curved stair. The main elevation’s bow fronted bays create a picturesque view from the road over the former glebe land. The house has a significant historical connection to the neighbouring parish church.

Built as the manse for the Parish Church to the south, Glebe House predates the wider development of the village, which began in the 1840s following Lord Lamington's inheritance of the estate. Records indicate that the manse, offices, and 12 acres of glebe land to the southeast were constructed at a cost of £820. However, the workmanship was initially poor, requiring substantial remedial work three years later. The walled garden was originally filled with fruit trees.

Historically, the Parish Church was shared between the Parishes of Wandel and Lamington, with a separate 6-acre glebe for Wandel located to the southwest of the church.