Survey Data
Reg No
30409616
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Country house
In Use As
Country house
Date
1780 - 1800
Coordinates
154370, 222536
Date Recorded
02/09/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1790 but modified c.1830, having three-bay east side elevation, two-storey return to rear (south) elevation, and single and two-storey extensions to rear. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, and cut limestone eaves course. Rendered walls with openings of front and middle openings of east elevation set in recessed panels. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, three-over-six pane to first floor, double two-over-four pane window to central bay of front, and nine-over-six pane to ground floor, with tooled limestone sills throughout. Square-headed door opening with double-leaf timber panelled door, with margined glazing and tooled limestone steps. Ranges of single and two-storey outbuildings to south-west of site ranged around courtyard, having slate and artificial slate roofs and cast-iron rainwater goods. Rubble limestone walls to seven-bay south-west range, middle bay being two-storey and having segmental carriage arch. Rendered walls to north-west range and dressed limestone walls to three-bay two-storey south-east range. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and mixed fixed timber fittings, timber casement and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Segmental-arched openings to south-east and south-west ranges. Set within own grounds. Gateway to road.
Appraisal
This Georgian country house has a complex plan screened by a simple symmetrical façade, the earlier, eighteenth-century, house having been modified in the early nineteenth century to give a three-bay front. The paired chimneystacks, hipped roof and diminishing windows create pleasing main elevations. The entrance door is unusually modest. The outbuildings, one having a formal appearance, enhance the setting of the house. The ensemble of house, outbuildings and entrance gates and lodge form an interesting group. Originally the seat of a branch of the Blake family.