Survey Data
Reg No
41306009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Manse
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1860
Coordinates
264429, 319095
Date Recorded
01/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former manse, built c.1850, with two-storey additions to rear. Pitched slate roof with grey clayware ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks, and cast-iron profile rainwater goods. Coursed limestone rubble walls with ashlar sandstone rusticated block-and-start quoins, with sandstone brackets at eaves and continuing course of brackets to gables. Sections of red brick walling to chimney flues to gables. Square-headed window openings with patent margins, red brick block-and-start surrounds and voussoirs, stone sills, and horned timber sliding sash windows, two-over-two horizontal pane to first floor, margined one-over-one pane to ground floor, eight-over-eight pane to south gable, and replacement windows to rear. Square-headed door opening with red brick block-and-start surround and voussoirs, and timber panelled door with overlight. Set within own grounds with garden to front having flagstone pathway to gate, fronted to street by decorative railings and gateway of cast-iron, with ornate piers to ends having shield device. Located at centre of Rockcorry village.
Appraisal
This former manse is a handsome and well proportioned house which retains a great deal of architectural integrity and character. With no evident modern interventions, the retention of intrinsic fabric and particularly window and door fittings, cast-iron rainwater goods, and slate roof enhance its fine architectural heritage qualities. The evident employment of high quality masonry in the quoins and eaves details is testament to the longevity for which this building was intended. The prominent setting of this house, with the particularly fine railings and pleasant garden to the front, makes this one of the most attractive of Rockcorry's historic structures.