Survey Data
Reg No
22400404
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
New Grove
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1790 - 1830
Coordinates
196691, 206694
Date Recorded
22/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey over basement country house, c.1810, having slightly lower return to rear. Slate roofs, hipped to main block and pitched to return, with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with cut limestone string course at basement level to front. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows throughout, tripartite over entrance and to northeast elevation, with limestone sills. Three-over-three pane windows to first floor and six-over-six pane to ground. Timber panelled front door in elaborate cut limestone doorcase comprising engaged Tuscan columns flanking doorway and decorative sidelights and supporting frieze, with wide spoked fanlight over and approached by flight of cut limestone steps. Cut limestone steps up to entrance. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to rear of house with pitched slate roof, rendered chimneystack, squared coursed rubble limestone walls and with red brick arches to openings. Detached three-bay two-storey outbuilding to northeast having pitched corrugated-iron roof and cut-stone bellcote, vents and window and door heads. Entrance gateway comprising cast-iron gate with octagonal cut stone piers. Four-bay single-storey former gate lodge with hipped slate roof, rendered chimneys, timber casement windows and timber panelled and glazed door.
Appraisal
A well-maintained and remarkably intact country house which retains all its exterior original materials, including crown glass to the entrance doorway, and lime render to the walls. The outbuildings are still used and are also well maintained, and include the retention of an original sheeted timber door with a multiple-pane overlight. A good example of how continued use and maintenance can ensure the survival of the original fabric of a country house and its outbuildings.