Survey Data
Reg No
22404110
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural
Original Use
Country house
Date
1780 - 1820
Coordinates
215141, 156741
Date Recorded
30/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house with attic, built c.1800, with lower two-storey slightly advanced single-bay two-storey addition to east end of front elevation and later lean-to two-storey extension to rear. Incorporating fabric of earlier structure. Pitched slate roof having rendered chimneystacks, and having flat roof to addition. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed timber sliding sash windows, tripartite to ground floor and addition, six-over-six pane to first floor of main block, nine-over-nine pane to ground and to addition, with stone sills. Gabled porch addition to front. Garden to front, with wrought-iron railings. Rendered outbuildings to east with pitched and lean-to slate roofs. Ruined medieval castle to site.
Appraisal
The irregular fenestration is an unusual and notable feature of this house. Georgian architecture usually adheres to strict rules of symmetry and proportion and the variety in the placement and form of the openings is probably due to the incorporation of an earlier building. The site of the house retains interesting outbuildings and archaeological features which contribute to the continuity and setting of the house.