Survey Data
Reg No
30408719
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Nurses' home
In Use As
House
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
184199, 229913
Date Recorded
26/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1860, having slightly lower gabled projecting entrance bay to front (west) elevation, canted projection with doorway to south gable, three-bay two-pile two-storey wing to rear elevation. Pitched slate roofs, hipped to north pile of rear, with cut limestone octagonal-profile chimneystacks and cut limestone copings and kneelers to front block. Roughcast rendered walls with cut-stone plinth. Limestone shield device to gables and to side walls of entrance bay. Square-headed window openings with cut chamfered limestone surrounds and label-mouldings to front elevation, with cut limestone sills and timber double casement windows throughout. Tudor-arch door opening with chamfered limestone surround and timber panelled door, with overlight having pointed panes. Square-headed doorway to canted projection having glazed timber double-leaf door. Glazed timber double-leaf door with canopy over to south block. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuilding to east range of yard to rear, having pitched slate roof, red brick walls, square-headed openings with moulded brick reveals, timber battened doors and timber framed windows with cut limestone sills. Multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to north of yard, having pitched tiled roof with half-dormer windows, rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with timber battened fittings. Recent gates to road, with square-profile rendered piers with cut limestone caps having ball finials.
Appraisal
The T-shaped form of the original part of this house is enhanced by the many good cut limestone details in the roof, chimneystacks and openings. The Tudor Revival style was chosen for the design and this is reflected in the form of the chimneystacks and the use of label-mouldings, as well as the handsome doorway with its interesting overlight.