Survey Data
Reg No
13314014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1800 - 1840
Coordinates
217419, 261149
Date Recorded
17/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached four-bay single-storey estate workers house/possible school, built c. 1820, now disused. Pitched slate roof with overhanging eaves and brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled cut limestone sills and paired six-over-six timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening with tooled cut limestone block-and-start surround and timber battened door. Set in walled garden complex (13314003) within Doory Hall demesne, the northeast elevation of the building forming part of the garden wall. Located to the northeast of the main house (13314005) and to the northeast of Barry.
Appraisal
A highly pleasing building of elegant proportions and exhibiting fine detailing in a well executed cut limestone doorcase and delicate paired timber sliding sash windows. The latter are similar in design to the windows in the outbuilding range (13314001) located to the northwest. This attractive house is located within the walled garden complex on the Doory Hall (13314005) estate and may have housed the head gardener responsible for the upkeep and planting of the gardens. However, its form, with long wide window openings, is more reminiscent of a school building. Lewis (1837) records a school at Doory Hall, supported by Mrs. Jessop, and perhaps this was the building he was referring to. These demesne structures form an interesting group in the landscape and are an important part of the social and architectural heritage of the area.