Survey Data
Reg No
31916001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Smith Hill
Original Use
Country house
Historical Use
Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
In Use As
House
Date
1785 - 1795
Coordinates
188836, 289031
Date Recorded
27/08/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey country house, later used as rectory, built c.1790, with return to rear. Now in use as private dwelling. Hipped slate roof with limestone chimneystacks. Roughcast-rendered walls. Replacement uPVC windows and tooled limestone sills. Round-headed window opening to first floor above doorway. Recent glazed porch to front elevation. Round-headed doorway with tooled stone surround comprising fluted pilasters and keystone containing spoked fanlight and timber panelled door flanked by two sidelights (now blocked up). Cast-iron entrance gate flanked by rendered piers and sweeping walls. Cut-stone piers to east of house gives access to modernized outbuildings to rear yard.
Appraisal
Its simple form is an appealing feature of Smith Hill. The symmetrical façade is adorned by the tooled stone door surround, mirrored on the first floor by the round-headed window opening.