Survey Data
Reg No
13901824
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1820 - 1860
Coordinates
307033, 286960
Date Recorded
27/07/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840. L-plan, three-bay two-storey south main block, gable-fronted block to north-west, canted bay to east, flat-roofed single-storey porch to north. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, dentil blocks to cornice, clay pots; painted carved timber finial and bargeboards to gables; cast-iron gutters to overhanging eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes. Lime-washed walling, smooth rendered walling to porch. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows, roll-moulded surrounds to canted bay windows, painted carved timber surrounds to first floor windows to gables, segmental-headed windows to east and west elevations of porch, roll-moulded surrounds, painted timber one-over-one sliding sash windows. Square-headed door opening, flanked by painted timber panels, surmounted by overlights, painted timber door with eight raised-and-fielded panels. Outbuildings to west, one- and two-storey structures, pitched slate and corrugated-iron roofs, lime-washed rubble stone walling; north-west outbuilding with hipped and pitched slate roof, square-headed window openings, painted two-over-two timber sliding sash windows, square-headed door opening, painted timber vertically-sheeted half-door, segmental-headed carriage arch, painted brick archivolt, painted timber vertically-sheeted double doors. House situated within farmland.
Appraisal
Burren House is a fine proportioned house which forms an interesting farm complex with its attached outbuildings. The porch and canted bay, both later additions, lift the plain façade while the timber finials and bargeboards skillfully carved add decoration and colour.