Survey Data
Reg No
20854129
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
177067, 67678
Date Recorded
08/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached two-bay two-storey over basement house, built, c.1870, having paired flat-roofed two-storey timber panelled canted bay windows to front (east) elevation. Timber-framed gable-fronted glazed porch to side (south) and lean-to extension to rear (west). Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystack, timber clad overhanging eaves course, cast-iron and uPVC rainwater goods. Rendered walls with plinth. Tudor arch window openings with timber sills to first floor of canted bays within square-headed recesses. One-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows surmounted by timber cladding with lancet panelling. Pointed arch window openings with timber sills to ground floor of canted bays having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with six-pane overlights having timber tracery, surmounted by timber panelling with lancet panelling. Window openings flanked by timber colonettes running through ground and first floors. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to rear elevation. Round-headed door opening within timber doorcase to interior of porch, comprising fluted reveals and engaged clustered colonettes flanking timber panelled door with fanlight above and polychrome tiled approach. Roughcast rendered enclosing wall having limestone coping with cast-iron railings. Square-profile red brick gate piers to pedestrian entrance with limestone caps and cast-iron gate, surmounted by camber-headed arch with red brick voussoirs with limestone copings.
Appraisal
This ornately decorated house, located on a slightly elevated site overlooking the harbour, retains numerous Gothic Revival architectural elements. The eye-catching double-height timber canted bays with their numerous lancet decorations, are particularly notable and are also seen in other high status nineteenth century houses in the surrounding area. The handsome doorcase, timber sliding sash windows and red brick entrance are among the many original features which add to its picturesque charm.