Country House. Mid C18. In 1790, for John Bridgeman Simpson, the brick was whitened by Repton, who also laid out the grounds. In 1850 William Burn restored the red brick and carried out other alterations to the windows and parapet. Mid C20 much of the rear and service wings demolished. Red brick and ashlar. Slate roofs the left wing being hipped, the right pyramidal. 3 yellow brick stacks. Ashlar parapet and moulded cornice. 2.1/2 storeys, 5 bays, flanked by 3 storey single bay slightly projecting wings with ashlar quoins. Set on an ashlar plinth with 1st and 2nd floor ashlar bands. Central doorway, having a 6 panelled door with fluted surround to each panel and corner patera, with trace ried overlight. Flanked by single C20 Doric pilasters supporting a slightly projecting pediment. Either side are 2 glazing bar sashes with further single, larger glazing bar sashes in the outer wings. Above are 6 similar smaller sashes, the central 4 being slightly smaller, with 6 similar, smaller sashes on the top floor, following the same pattern. All windows have lugged architrave surrounds with single flush quoins in each jamb and at the base. On the ground, in front of the 2nd bay in are single ashlar orbs. Projecting from the plinth, either side of the doorway are single ashlar blocks supporting C20 urns. (NCC/js)