Survey Data
Reg No
22801008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Farm house
In Use As
Farm house
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
219352, 112994
Date Recorded
09/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay single-storey farmhouse, c.1880, possibly over part-basement retaining original aspect with four-bay single-storey return to north on a cruciform plan having single-bay single-storey projecting bay to east and single-bay single-storey gabled projecting glazed porch to west. Hipped slate roofs on a T-shaped plan (gabled to porch; hipped to projecting bay) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging rendered eaves. Painted rendered walls. Painted red brick Running bond walls to porch with stringcourse and saw tooth detailing. Square-headed window openings (one in bipartite arrangement to projecting bay) with stone sills. 1/1 and 2/2 timber sash windows. Segmental-headed door opening approached by five cut-stone steps with glazed timber panelled door, sidelights and overlight. Square-headed door opening to porch with replacement tongue-and-groove timber panelled door, c.2000. Square-headed window openings to porch with stone sill and 2/2 timber sash windows. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt to front having sections of stone cobbling, landscaped grounds to site having wrought iron fences, and stone cobbled paths and courtyard to north. (ii) Attached two-bay single-storey mono-pitched outbuilding, c.1880, to north. Mono-pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles and cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted roughcast lime rendered walls over random rubble stone construction. Square-headed window opening with stone sill and 2/2 timber sash window. Square-headed door opening with timber boarded door.
Appraisal
An attractive middle-sized villa-style house, composed of balanced Classical proportions, which has been very well maintained, presenting an original aspect to the exterior. The house forms the centrepiece of a substantially-intact middle-size farm holding and ancillary features such as the stone cobbling and the wrought iron fences to the grounds enhance the historic quality of the site. Set in slightly elevated grounds, the group is an appealing feature in the landscape.