Survey Data
Reg No
41400927
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Country house
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
265293, 335656
Date Recorded
23/04/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Detached seven-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c.1790, having full-height three-bay segmental bow breakfront to front (south) elevation, single-storey porch to east elevation and return to rear elevation. Hipped slate roof with ruled-and-lined rendered chimneystacks and clay chimneypots. Projecting eaves with moulded timber eaves supports and having cast-iron rainwater goods. Harl-rendered walls, and rendered plinth course with tooled stone coping. Round-headed paired openings at basement level to rear. Square-headed window openings throughout, with render reveals, tooled stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber panelled shutters visible to interiors. Round-headed door opening to front, having tooled stone doorcase comprising pair of tooled stone Tuscan columns supporting tooled cornice lintel, forming base for round-headed surround and keystone, and plain glazed fanlight over timber panelled door. Door opens onto paved platform having three limestone steps. Square-headed replacement timber door to east elevation of porch, with render surround. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings in two-sided yard to rear, with hipped slate roof and coursed rubble stone walls.
Appraisal
Despite its derelict condition, a high quality of construction is clearly evident in this handsome house. The bow to the front enhances the formality of the façade, highlighting its perfect symmetry and furthering the sense of classical elegance embodied by this building. Detailing such as tooled stone doorcase, sills, and coping to plinth course, as well as timber sliding sash windows and eaves supports, hint at the erstwhile architectural quality of the site. The associated outbuildings to the rear add context and highlight the original importance of this house.