Friars Point House

Friars Point House is a two-storey building that was remodeled around 1900 in the Arts and Crafts Jacobethan style. It is constructed of stone, with some rendered areas, and features slate roofs topped with whitewashed brick chimneys. The ground floor is made of snecked rubble with yellow brick quoins, while the upper floor has painted pebbledash with freestone dressings above a stringcourse.

The main façade is symmetrical with three bays facing south, and it has shallow gabled wings. The central bay features a slightly set back single-storey porch with a classical doorcase. The wings are adorned with gable parapets that have deep kneelers and ball finials, along with stone mullioned windows; the first floor has three-light windows with label arches over the central light, and the ground floor has four-light windows with high transoms. A central gabled dormer contains paired small-pane sash windows, and below it is a splayed oriel window with leaded and coloured glass. To the left, there is a door that opens onto a verandah, similarly glazed. The pilastered doorcase has a segmental pediment with enriched plasterwork and panelled double doors, while the flanking horned sash windows have shouldered architraves and bracket sills.

Projecting heavily weathered stones, possibly re-used medieval corbels, are located on either side of the main first-floor windows. The left side features a broad bay on the ground floor and sash windows above, with a hipped roof and deeper eaves. A single-storey rubble range is attached at the rear. The right side includes a splayed bay and paired narrow windows on the first floor, along with a set back doorway and another splayed bay, leading to a low service range beyond.

Inside, the entrance opens into a galleried hall with wainscoting, from which a staircase rises featuring tapered newels and turned balusters. The doorcases, panelled doors, and variously enriched plaster ceilings are notable throughout. The house retains impressive timber and stone chimneypieces; the one in the hall has a three-arched overmantel and a four-centred arched fireplace. The wainscotted dining room showcases a full-height Art Nouveau chimneypiece that curves outward at the sides, while the drawing room features a classical chimneypiece with a three-well ceiling.