Survey Data
Reg No
13901409
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1825
Coordinates
294533, 293609
Date Recorded
26/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built 1823. Single and two-storey return to west, stone porch to east. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge and hip tiles, yellow brick corbelled chimneystacks with stone caps and clay pots; projecting eaves on painted timber sprockets; profiled cast-iron gutter, circular cast-iron downpipes. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walling, roughcast-render to basement and west elevation, chamfered tooled limestone plinth, slight recess to central-bay above entrance porch. Square-headed window openings, tooled limestone sills, smooth rendered reveals, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, six-over-six timber sliding sash windows, cast-iron window guards to basement and west elevation, painted timber tripartite sliding sash windows over entrance porch, multiple-pane stained glass stairwell window to west elevation. Square-headed door opening to east elevation set in tooled limestone porch comprising paired Doric columns on pedestals, simple frieze, cornice and balustrade parapet, painted timber double doors with six raised-and-fielded panels, plain-glazed overlight, stone steps. House situated in extensive grounds, stone outbuildings, walled garden and associated gardener's house to west. Boundary wall of vertically-laid flat stones to north-west accessed through wrought-iron gates with cast-iron gate piers.
Appraisal
Rahanna House is a handsome house which retains many original features, such as timber sliding sash windows and classical porch, which enliven its symmetrical composition. The varied and well-maintained attendant grounds, stable complex, walled garden and gardener's house enhance this building further, making it one of exceptional architectural quality.