Survey Data
Reg No
21900412
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Country house
Date
1730 - 1750
Coordinates
151172, 156252
Date Recorded
23/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached six-bay two-storey country house, built in 1741, with two-bay pedimented breakfront and three-storey rear. Now in ruins. No roof. Red brick chimneystack to gable end, west elevation with sawtooth motifs and camber-headed opening. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings, some with limestone sills. Square-headed window openings to north elevation with red brick surrounds. Four-bay single-storey outbuilding to north. No roof. Rubble limestone walls. Segmental-headed carriage arches having red brick voussoirs, now partially blocked up. Square-headed door openings to east wall. Two rubble limestone walled gardens having red brick walls to interior walls. Round-headed carriage arches with red brick voussoirs. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to west. Pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door openings.
Appraisal
Although in a ruinous condition, the former Cooperhill demesne continues to play an important role in the surrounding landscape. The main house was originally a six-bay two-storey house with a three-storey elevation to the side and rear. It had a two-bay pedimented breakfront and had a grand doorcase with segmental-headed pediment flanked by two small windows. The main house, outbuildings and extensive walled gardens are extant and provide a point of drama in the landscape. The walled gardens, complete with brick interior walls are in a fair condition and their survival contributes further to Cooperhill's significance.