Survey Data
Reg No
15702630
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Farmyard complex
In Use As
Farmyard complex
Date
1835 - 1845
Coordinates
298195, 134487
Date Recorded
08/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Farmyard complex, extant 1840, on a U-shaped plan about a courtyard including (south): Attached seven-bay two-storey coach house-cum-stable outbuilding on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height pedimented breakfront. Hipped slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired rendered red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having stringcourses below corbelled stepped chamfered capping, cut-granite monolithic pediment to gable with cut-granite bellcote to apex, and no rainwater goods surviving on red brick header bond eaves. Coursed rubble stone walls originally rendered with red brick flush quoins to corners; coursed rubble stone surface finish (breakfront) on cut-granite chamfered plinth with red brick flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central carriageway with lintel framing timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Segmental-headed door openings with cut-granite thresholds, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber boarded half-doors having fanlights. Square-headed window openings (ground floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sill course, and red brick block-and-start surrounds with hood mouldings over framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): elliptical-headed arcaded stalls on cast-iron pillars with timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled partitions, and moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings. Set in grounds shared with Edermine House.
Appraisal
A farmyard complex contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Edermine House estate with the architectural value of the composition confirmed by such attributes as the near-symmetrical frontage centred on a Classically-detailed breakfront; the uniform proportions of the openings on each floor; and the handsome bellcote embellishing the roofline.