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Geraldine House

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Geraldine House
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Detached three-bay two-storey over raised basement house, c.1700, originally on a U-shaped plan with pair of three-bay three-storey returns to rear to north-east. Renovated and extended, c.1800, with single-storey prostyle tetrastyle Tuscan portico added to centre approached by flight of steps, two-bay full-height bowed projecting bay added to side elevation to north-west and single-bay three-storey infill return added to rear to north-east. Part refenestrated, c.1965. Gable-ended roofs with slate (three running perpendicular to main ridge to returns to north-east; half-conical to bowed projecting bay). Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast chimney stacks. Rendered eaves band. Cast-iron rainwater goods on brackets. Flat-roof to portico behind parapet wall. Roughcast walls. Painted. Cut-stone portico with Tuscan columns, frieze and pierced parapet wall over. Square-headed openings. Stone sills. Early 3/3 and 6/6 timber sash windows. Some replacement aluminium casement windows, c.1965, to all elevations. Square-headed door opening approached by flight of ten cut-granite steps. Replacement glazed timber panelled double doors, c.1965. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel forecourt to front. Group of detached outbuildings, c.1800, to north-east about a courtyard comprising: Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding to north-west. Now disused and part derelict. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Cut-stone coping to gables. Rendered band to eaves. Rainwater goods now gone. Rendered walls over rubble stone construction. Painted/limewashed. Square-headed openings (some slit openings to first floor and to rear elevation to north-west). Stone sills. Exposed lintels (originally concealed). No fittings. Moulded cut-stone block-and-start doorcases. No fittings. Detached three-bay two-storey cut-stone outbuilding to north-east with segmental-headed integral carriageway to left. Gable-ended roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Vents to apex. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Coursed cut-stone walls. Square-headed openings (including door opening to first floor to gable end to north-west). No sills. Yellow brick block-and-start surrounds. Louvered timber panelled fittings. Segmental-headed integral carriageway. Yellow brick dressings. Corrugated-iron doors. Detached four-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to north-east with group of four elliptical-headed integral carriageways to ground floor. Reroofed, c.1930. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Iron ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Red brick dressings including quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. Louvered timber panelled fittings. Elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Red brick surrounds. No fittings. Detached seven-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding to south-east with pair of round-headed door openings and pair of elliptical-headed integral carriageways to right. Reroofed, c.1930. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron, c.1930. Iron ridge tiles. Iron rainwater goods. Rubble stone walls. Cut-stone quoins. Square-headed window openings. Stone sills. Red brick surrounds. 4/4 timber sash windows in tripartite style with 2/2 side panes. Round-headed door openings. Moulded cut-stone architraves, lintels and archivolts over with keystones. Red brick dressings to arches. Timber boarded half-doors. Overlights. Elliptical-headed integral carriageways. Red brick dressings. Recessed reveals. No fittings. Gateway, c.1800, to west comprising pair of cut-stone piers with stringcourses having wrought iron gates.

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