Jassamine House — Main Street

Attached five-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, built 1750 or 1790, on a rectangular plan originally detached. Hipped and pitched slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof, clay or terracotta ridge tiles, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Roughcast coursed rubble limestone walls with cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Round-headed central door opening, timber doorcase with fluted pilasters on cut-limestone step threshold supporting ogee-detailed cornice, and cut-limestone block-and-start surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Street fronted on a corner site with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on cast-iron double gates.