Milverton

Detached three-bay three-storey house, built c.1800, having full-height stair tower and two-storey addition to south. Shallow hipped natural slate roof with pair of rendered chimneys to middle of ridge, uPVC rainwater goods. Ruled and lined rendered and painted walls. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sash windows, and some replacement uPVC windows, with painted stone sills. Lancet windows to stairs tower with metal diamond-pane windows and painted stone block-and-start quoins. Square-headed timber battened entrance door with painted stone surround. Single-storey rendered outbuilding to west. Set back from road behind random rubble limestone boundary wall with rubble on edge coping and timber sheeted gates.

Set in a prominent site in Ahascragh, this substantial house contributes both to the streetscape and to the architectural heritage of the town. The unusual crenellated stair tower with its lancet-headed multi-pane windows sits in contrast with the less elaborated parts of the house and adds an element of whimsy. The original timber sash windows and slate roof are also noteworthy elements.