Survey Data
Reg No
14327001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1760 - 1780
Coordinates
269459, 254485
Date Recorded
18/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay three-storey country house, built c.1770, with return. Replacement pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls, with sill course at first floor level and with niches to central upper floor bays. Timber sash windows with stone sills. Pedimented stone doorcase with spoked fanlight and timber panelled double doors. Internal double doors with Art Nouveau glass panels. Cast-iron water pump attached to rear elevation. Outbuildings to rear. Ashlar limestone octagonal gate piers to front.
Appraisal
The classical proportions and understated external decoration of this house enhance the form and scale of this imposing house. The stone doorcase and the rendered niches enliven the regular form. The setting of the house is enhanced by the related outbuildings to the site.