Landsdown House

Detached three-bay two-storey house over half-basement, dated 1779. Steep hipped roof with central valley, rendered chimneystacks and carved cornice. Slate-hung front façade with diamond-cut panels flanking first floor windows bearing date and initials, rendered elsewhere, with cut limestone quoins. Central bay has grouped openings comprising tall round-headed window to first floor and entrance doorway to ground, both flanked by detached side-lights. Venetian-style also to first floor of south gable. Timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to first floor, nine-over-six to ground, with limestone sills,continuous to first floor central bay. Entrance doorcase with carved limestone surround and segmental pediment with scroll consoles, having square-headed opening with timber panelled door, approached by flight of limestone steps with cut limestone sweep walls. Courtyard of outbuildings to northeast.

An impressive country house whose most distinctive features are its fine slate-hung façade and the Venetian-style arrangement of its middle bay. The date and initials of the builder present in the slate-work, are of particular interest. The fine pedimented cut-stone doorcase and steps mark it as a house of apparent architectural merit. The classical-style gate lodge and ornate gates are appropriate to the quality of the house and combine to make an aesthetically-pleasing grouping of demesne structures.