Survey Data
Reg No
14939003
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
213352, 200898
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over basement with attic storey country house, built c.1760 and remodelled c.1840, with central pedimented breakfront, entrance porch, extension to rear and flanked by single-storey lean-to bays. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Decorative bargeboards to gables. Ruled and lined rendered walls with carved sandstone ogee cornice. Square-headed window openings to front elevation have flanking panelled pilasters supporting an entablature. Windows to ground floor with rosettes to entablature. Round-headed window opening flanked by narrow lights to entrance bay with round-headed window opening to attic storey above. Square-headed window openings to rear elevation with timber sash window and sandstone sills. Timber and glazed entrance porch with square-headed window opening within. Tooled limestone architrave surround and timber panelled and glazed double doors flanked by sidelights. Door accessed up eight limestone steps. Walled garden to south of house. Modern outbuildings to rear site. Square-profile stone entrance piers to road flanked by quadrant walls.
Appraisal
This country house is believed to have been constructed c.1768 and displays architectural motifs and features from that period, for example, the pedimented entrance bay and Venetian window arrangement to the first floor. The fine ogee cornice and elegant sweeping steps to the entrance are notable features of the country house and contribute to its architectural interest. The country house appears to have been remodelled c.1840 and the basement filled in. The present owners believe that there was a fire here at one time. James O'Carroll, who was a signatory on the Declaration of Independence of America, was raised in this house and contributes to its historical and social significance.