Survey Data
Reg No
32402103
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
Ardnisbrack House
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
172917, 328159
Date Recorded
07/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey rendered house, built c. 1870. Flat-roofed porch to main (south) elevation, gabled two-storey return and lean-to outbuildings to rear (north). Pitched slate roof, clay roll-top ridge tiles, painted smooth-rendered chimneystacks with yellow clay pots, cast-iron half-round gutters on eaves corbel course. Painted smooth-rendered ruled-and-lined walling, projecting plinth. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber casement windows to west side of front elevation and painted two-over-two timber sash windows elsewhere, coupled one-over-one sash windows to east side of front elevation. Square-headed door opening to porch, glazed hardwood screen c. 1990 with painted timber panelled door within. Gravelled forecourt approached from driveway to south-east, painted smooth-rendered wall with timber gates extends from south-west corner of house giving to farmyard.
Appraisal
This well-sited and pleasingly proportioned house sits at the end of a winding driveway within its own grounds. The house has had some recent modifications but overall is a good example of this type of rural dwelling.