Survey Data
Reg No
41304016
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Manse
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
249728, 326020
Date Recorded
20/12/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Three-bay two-storey L-plan former manse, built c.1870, with slightly lower entrance projection to front re-entrant corner, canted bay window to projecting east end bay of front, and single-storey hipped-roof extension to rear. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, smooth rendered shouldered chimneystacks with rendered copings and terracotta pots, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughly dressed rubble limestone walls built to courses, with ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth rendered plinth course to return, smooth rendered bay window and smooth rendered upper storey to entrance projection. Square-headed window openings with replacement timber sliding sash windows, red brick block-and-start surrounds, smooth rendered reveals and limestone sills. Round-headed doorway with panelled door, fanlight, moulded surround, set within red brick block-and-start surround. Two-storey outbuilding to northwest, built c.1870, having three-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor, with hipped slate roof, roughcast rendered rubble limestone walls, segmental carriage arch, flanked by square-headed doorways and window. Three-bay single-storey former Methodist church built c.1966 to north-east with gabled porch projection. Set within own grounds.
Appraisal
This former manse, with its porch projection accommodated within the angle of the L-plan, is typical of many such structures. It is enhanced by other typical elements of the late nineteenth century, such as the canted bay window and the centrally placed chimneystacks. A pleasant contrast is made between the cut sandstone quoins and the rubble limestone walling, albeit formerly rendered. The significance of this building is enhanced by the association with the contemporary outbuilding and former Methodist church on the site.