Survey Data
Reg No
12403703
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1815 - 1835
Coordinates
267059, 131181
Date Recorded
14/12/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, c.1825, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to centre ground floor having lean-to flanking box bay windows, and two-bay two-storey return to west. Extensively renovated possibly with porch added. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan (gabled to porch; lean-to to bay windows) with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks (red brick Running bond chimney stack to return), rendered coping, decorative timber bargeboards to porch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on overhanging rendered cut-stone eaves. Unpainted roughcast walls. Square-headed window openings (originally in tripartite arrangement to bay windows) with cut-limestone sills, and replacement uPVC casement windows. Square-headed door opening with glazed timber panelled double doors. Square-headed door opening to house with timber panelled door. Interior with timber panelling including reveals/shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds. (ii) Detached two-bay single-storey coach house with half-attic, post-1840, to west with camber-headed carriageway to left. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods. Random rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with no sills, lintels, and timber fittings. Camber-headed carriageway to left with red brick voussoirs having keystone, and no fittings. (iii) Detached single-bay single-storey outbuilding, post-1840, to west. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, and no rainwater goods on rendered rubble limestone eaves. Random rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door opening with lintel, and timber door.
Appraisal
A well-composed middle-size house exhibiting a balanced symmetrical arrangement with distinctive features including the bay windows identifying the individual architectural design value of the composition. However, while the original form and massing survive in place together with substantial quantities of the early fabric both to the exterior and to the interior the inappropriate replacement fittings inserted to the openings have not had a positive impact on the external expression of the house. A collection of modest-scale agricultural outbuildings contributes to the group and setting values of a site having historic connections with Cooke family.