Survey Data
Reg No
32307007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
143228, 333975
Date Recorded
18/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey with attic rendered house, built c. 1850. Rectangular main block with forward-thrusting gabled end bays, returning as north-east and north-west wings, and central entrance bay. Two-storey gabled projection to west elevation, canted bay window to north end of east elevation. Pitched slate roof, painted smooth-rendered flat-capped chimneystacks, extruded aluminium profiled gutters c. 1990 on eaves corbel course, cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth-rendered walling, profiled verge copings to south and west gables on slender kneelers on profiled corbels with square caps at apexes, chamfered plinth. Square-headed window openings, hood-moulds with decorative stops to end bays, chamfered reveals, painted moulded sloping sills, painted small-paned transomed and mullioned timber sash windows to south and east elevations, six-over-six sash windows to north elevations. Square-headed door opening, hood-mould with decorative stops, chamfered reveals, glazed spandrels over painted pointed-arched timber double doors each with six moulded panels, single bull-nose stone step to door. Various one- and two-storey pitched roof rubble stone outbuildings to north arranged around two yards. Rubble stone boundary walls enclosing walled garden and extending to neighbouring mill to north-east. Set in extensive grounds, accessed by avenue from south.
Appraisal
This fine Tudor Revival country house is quite distinctive with its unusual gables and transomed and mullioned windows and heavily-moulded panelled entrance doors. The extensive range of stone outbuildings is also of interest.