Newtown Hill House — Captain's Hill

Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1765, possibly over basement retaining most early aspect with single-bay two-storey pedimented entrance breakfront, single-bay single-storey advanced flanking linking bays and single-bay two-storey projecting flanking pavilion blocks. Renovated, c.1950. Undergoing renovation, 2002-3. Hipped roofs with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Sproketed eaves to pavilion block with right (north). Cast-iron rainwater goods on eaves course. Rendered walls to central block. Painted. Rendered dressings including quoins to corners and to breakfront, moulded rendered course to eaves and moulded surround to pediment. Roughcast walls to remainder (replacement, 2002, to pavilion block to north). Painted (unpainted to pavilion block to north). Square-headed window openings to central block. Stone sills. 6/6 and 6/3 timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening. Replacement moulded rendered doorcase, c.1950, with open bed pediment over. Replacement glazed timber door, c.1950, with Gothic-style traceried overlight. Round-headed door openings to linking blocks. Timber panelled doors. Timber overpanels. Venetian-style window openings to ground floor pavilion blocks. 6/6 timber sash windows with Gothic-style traceried overlights. Fixed-pane timber sidelights. Square-headed openings (slit-style) to first floor. Fittings not discerned. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Forecourt to front.Gateway, c.1765, to south-east comprising pair of rubble stone piers with cut-stone capping having ball finials, decorative wrought iron gates, squared rubble stone curved flanking walls and roughcast outer piers with cut-stone capping having ball finials.