Reg No
22117092
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
Office
Date
1820 - 1840
Coordinates
220622, 122302
Date Recorded
02/06/2005
Date Updated
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Corner-sited detached six-bay three-storey house, built c.1830, with four-bay west elevation and having carriage-arch to east. Now in use as offices. Single and two-storey outbuildings to east, with rendered and rubble sandstone walls. Hipped artificial slate roof with overhanging uPVC-sheeted eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with rendered quoins to northwest corner. Square-headed openings having limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Segmental-headed door opening with carved limestone surround, with carved limestone doorcase comprising Ionic columns, moulded cornice, paned timber fanlight and timber panelled door, with limestone steps. Square-headed opening to west elevation with timber panelled door, over-light and limestone steps. Elliptical-headed carriage-arch set into rendered rubble sandstone wall with carved sandstone cornice, rendered walling above and having dressed sandstone jambs and replacement metal gates. Cast-iron gate and railings with carved limestone plinths to front boundary.
This large house occupies a prominent corner site on the quay. It retains its original, regular form, a patina of age and interesting features, such as the well-crafted doorcase and carriage-arch.