Kilcurly House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1840, having porch to front (east) elevation, flanking three-bay single-storey wings to north and south elevations and two-bay two-storey block to rear (west) with recent extensions. Canted bow and single-bay single-storey extension to north elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Hipped slate roof to rear block and wings. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having render surrounds, limestone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed opening to rear block with fixed window. Oculus to rear block, south elevation having render surround and fixed window. Porch comprising limestone Doric-style engaged columns supporting entablature and carved cornice over square-headed timber panelled door. Camber-headed opening to rear block with render surround and timber panelled door. Multiple-bay single-storey outbuildings to west having hipped slate roofs and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with render surrounds, concrete sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings with timber battened doors. Elliptical-headed carriage arches. Pair of rubble limestone piers to south-west having carved ball finial caps and rubble limestone walls.

This modest house displays a complex form due to later additions and periodic building phases. The original modest block was extended in the late nineteenth century, while the wings are a recent addition. The façade is enlivened by the limestone porch, which was salvaged and erected in its present position twenty five years ago. The outbuildings add context to the site, whereas the piers add artistic interest to the composition.