Survey Data
Reg No
22404109
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Clubhouse
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
213430, 156755
Date Recorded
30/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached irregular-plan two-storey country house, built 1837-8, comprising two parallel five-bay two-storey blocks with canted bays, multiple-bay two-storey block to north and three-bay single-storey with dormer block to west. Recent glazed addition to north-east. Now in use as golf clubhouse. Pitched artificial slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks. Rendered walls with moulded stone string course to south elevation and plaque over entrance to west elevation. Square-headed openings with single and mullioned double and triple timber sliding sash windows, one-over-one pane mainly with some two-over-two pane to ground floor, having stone sills and with label-mouldings to first floor of west and south elevations. Canted bay window with balustraded balcony, and canted oriel window to south elevation. Timber glazed panelled double doors in canted entrance with timber sash sidelights. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding to northwest, having hipped slate roof, rendered chimneystacks, roughcast rendered walls, and timber sash windows with stone sills. Remains of walled garden to site.
Appraisal
A country house showing an irregular plan form with multipartite openings, polygonal bay windows, and a multi-gabled roofline. The country house was built for Valentine Maher MP (1780-1844) who originally commissioned Anthony Salvin Senior (1799-1881) before bringing William Tinsley (1804-85) on board 'to take over and alter the older man's plans' (Forbes 1953, 33). Turtulla House was repurposed as a clubhouse in 1944, and largely reconstructed in 1981, but retains much original fabric. Adjacent outbuildings and a walled garden contribute to the setting of the country house.