Survey Data
Reg No
21903811
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
149200, 131830
Date Recorded
05/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1800, having recent portico to front (west), recent lean-to boiler house to side (north) and conservatory to side (east). Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, uPVC rainwater goods with projecting tooled limestone eaves course. Rendered walls with rendered and tooled limestone plinth. Tooled limestone quoins throughout with rendered quoins to north-western corner. Portico comprising tooled limestone Doric columns supporting tooled limestone open bedded pediment. Diminishing square-headed window openings with render sills and rendered surrounds, having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor. Six-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor and basement to rear (east). Timber casement windows to conservatory. Round-headed door openings having rendered stepped approach to front elevation with timber panelled door surmounted by spoked fanlight. Render surrounds with render stepped approaches and glazed timber doors to side (south) elevation surmounted by spoked fanlights. Square-headed door openings to conservatory having double-leaf glazed timber doors. Low parapet wall with render coping to steps to conservatory level. Rubble stone enclosing walls.
Appraisal
Originally in use as a strong farmer's house, this fine building was subsequently extended and doubled in size. Located on an elevated position with extensive panoramic views, this fine building retains much of its historic character through the retention of key features including fine sash windows and round-headed doorways. The recent inclusion of a limestone portico, in the latter half of the twentieth century, adds further elegance to this already impressive building. The high quality of craftsmanship demonstrated in highlighting features such as tooled limestone quoins and plinth is continued through to the building's drainage system, where a well executed French drain draws water from the basement level away from the house.