Prospect House

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse, extant 1838, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay full-height projecting end bay abutting three-bay two-storey lower wing (south). Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1916. Extensively renovated. Vacant, 1996. Pitched and hipped slate roofs with clay ridge tiles terminating in roughcast chimney stacks having moss-covered capping supporting ribbed terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, rooflights (west), and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on roughcast eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered replacement roughcast walls bellcast over cement rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills[?], and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Set in landscaped grounds.

A farmhouse regarded as an integral component of the domestic architectural heritage of the environs of Westport. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with quantities of the original or sympathetically replicated fabric, thereby upholding the character or integrity of a farmhouse having historic connections with the Buchanan family including Robert Francis Buchanan JP (d. 1884) and Lieutenant-Colonel Harry John Buchanan JP (b. 1850; m. 1887), 'Militia Retired [and] Farmer' (NA 1901).