Survey Data
Reg No
21904101
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Previous Name
Scarteen
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1810 - 1840
Coordinates
174366, 130990
Date Recorded
13/11/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1830, with Victorian glazed porch. House comprising projecting gable-fronted bays, crenellated bay window and porch to front (south) elevation. Crenellated bay window, recessed crenellated bay and five-bay two-storey extension having gablets to west elevation. Pitched slate roof with timber bargeboards, finials and rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof to extension. Single-pitched fishscale slate roof to porch. Roughcast rendered walls having render plinth course. Square-headed bipartite openings to first floor with render label mouldings and six-over-one pane timber casement windows. Square-headed opening to first floor, centre-bay having render label moulding and fixed window. Square-headed bipartite openings to ground floor with render label mouldings and bipartite four-over-one pane timber casement windows. Square-headed openings to extension, first floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to porch having inset pointed arch fixed windows with recessed spandrels. Square-headed opening to porch with half-glazed timber panelled door. Four-bay two-storey outbuilding to north having open work bellcote to north elevation and four-bay single-storey outbuilding to south gable. Pitched slate roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills. Square-headed openings having timber battened doors. Pitched slate roof to south outbuilding with rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills. Square-headed door opening. Nine-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched slate roof and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls with cast-iron patris plates. Square-headed window openings with limestone sills. Square-headed openings having timber battened doors. Three-bay single-storey former gate lodge to east. Hipped slate roof with timber bargeboards and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having bipartite four-over-one pane timber casement windows. Square-headed opening with replacement timber panelled door. Pair of square-profile rusticated limestone piers to east with carved caps, plinth course and rusticated limestone walls.
Appraisal
Scarteen House, built by the Ryan family in different phases, displays a predominantly nineteenth-century Tudor Revival façade. Features of this style include gabled projections, crenellated bay windows and decorative features such as the hood mouldings. The retention of the slate roof and timber bargeboards help maintain the original character of the house. The substantial outbuildings and Tudor Revival gate lodge enhance the composition and add context to the site.