Small country house with attached service wing and stables. 1871-73. Designed by E. W. Godwin for the 7th Earl Cowper. Old English Revival style. Brick with timber framing, brick nogging and patterned tile hanging. Steep pitched plain tiled hipped and gabled roofs. 2 storeys plus attics, 5 bays. L-plan. Windows are mainly leaded timber cross and French casements, many with segmental heads. Entrance front has to left, door with overlight. To its right a large casement and 4 smaller casements. To right again, moulded pointed doorway with studded double door. Beyond, a casement. Above door, datestone inscribed 'C.1873', and 2 triple casements. Above again, tile hung gable with 5 light casement. South east garden front has to left, hipped corner tower, 2 stages, and central canted 2 storey bay window with conical roof. Central French window flanked by single casements, all with notable stained glass overlight. Beyond, single casements. Above, bay window with casements. To right, cross casement. Above again, to right, hooded gabled dormer. North east front has to left, 3 storey canted bay window with conical roof. 3 casements. To its right, projecting catslide roof on curved brackets with pargetted infill. To right again, 2 casements. Above, bay has leaded casements on each floor. To right, C20 fire door flanked by single casements. Above, central square tower, 90 ft. high, with moulded string course and parapet. On each side, 2 mullioned casements. Timber framed lantern stage has shaped leaded lights each side, pyramidal roof and large wind vane. Lower, gabled service wing and stable yard to north-west have irregular fenestration with sashes and casements. West side has tile hung gabled, carriage entrance with double gates. Principal rooms have panelled dados and chair rails, dentillated doorcases and panelled plaster ceilings. Dining room has keystoned marble fireplace with tiled opening and pargetted overmantel on curved brackets. Several keystoned ashlar fireplaces and tiled corner fireplace. Dogleg principal stair has stair window with stained glass panels. Tower has spiral stair, 2 stages, with iron brackets. Kitchen has moulded collar purlin roof. Outside, garden wall, C-plan, pierced design made from semi-circular terracotta components. This building is the most important of those designed by Godwin and erected on the Greasley estate in 1871-1878. It is a noteworthy early example of the Old English Revival style, pioneered by Godwin and widely adopted during the 1870s, for example in Bedford Park. (NCC/js)