Survey Data
Reg No
21901915
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Country house
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
131090, 148471
Date Recorded
16/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay three-storey country house, built c. 1790, having shallow single-bay breakfront to front (south) elevation and multiple-bay extension to west elevation. No roof. Cut limestone eaves course. Roughcast render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings having brick voussoirs and limestone sills. Segmental-headed door opening with carved fluted Composite style engaged column supporting carved console and decorative entablature. Limestone threshold to entrance. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to north with hipped slate roof and brick chimneystack. Render over rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings, some having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window and limestone sills. Square-headed door openings. Rubble limestone walled garden to north-east with square-headed door openings.
Appraisal
This substantial house is an excellent example of classically inspired eighteenth-century domestic architecture of which the balanced proportions and central breakfront are characteristic features. The façade is distinguished by the carved limestone eaves course and decorative doorcase of which only the carved timber engaged column and ornate entablature remain. The site retains its solidly built outbuilding and walled garden, which enhance the architectural composition of the site.