Survey Data
Reg No
21900407
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Previous Name
Newtown House
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Creamery
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
149328, 157810
Date Recorded
23/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790. Hipped slate roof. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills, some with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and internal timber shutters. Elliptical-headed opening with spoked fanlight over timber battened door having flanking sidelight openings. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to north elevation. Four-bay single-storey former creamery to west. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls with carved limestone plaque. Elliptical-headed door openings having brick block-and-start surrounds. Limestone water trough to site. Pair of square-profile limestone piers to south-east with carved caps and rubble limestone boundary walls.
Appraisal
The house, which was formerly known as Newtown House, retains the symmetrical form typical of its era. Features such as the diminishing windows, some having the remains of sash windows and internal shuttering help to conserve the original appearance of the house. The door with simple spoked fanlight adds modest ornamentation to the façade. The site retains its creamery building, which despite alterations retains much of its original character, and includes a simply carved limestone datestone with relief figure of a man, which reads: 'Began in AD 1850'.