Uppercourt House — Freshford

Detached five-bay three-storey over basement Classical-style house, built 1798, originally five-bay two-storey with three-bay three-storey pedimented central bay having prostyle tetrastyle Ionic portico to ground floor, five-bay three-storey side (west) elevation, and four-bay four-storey rear (south) elevation. Extended, 1820, comprising three-bay two-storey over basement advanced end bay to left extending into three-bay two-storey advanced terminating block having combined four-bay three-storey rear (south) elevation with single-bay three-storey canted bay. Converted to use as college, 1932. Closed, 1989. Now disused. Hipped slate roofs (on a quadrangular plan to original block; gabled to pediment) behind parapets with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks, rooflights to pavilion block, and concealed cast-iron rainwater goods. Unpainted rendered, ruled and lined walls with cut-limestone quoins to corners to original block, dentilated moulded cornice over (forming attic storey) with blocking course, moulded cornice to top floor having blocking course with urn finials, and moulded surround to pediment. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, six-over-nine (ground floor), six-over-six (first floor), and three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows. Grouped (three-part arrangement) round-headed openings to entrance bay under prostyle tetrastyle limestone ashlar Ionic portico (approached by flight of four cut-limestone steps with flanking parapets having lion statues, sections of wrought iron railings between columns, columns with responsive pilasters supporting frieze, moulded cornice, and balustraded parapet having statuary surmounting coping) with three-over-six timber sash windows (French door to central opening) having overlights. Interior with timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set back from road in own grounds with gravel forecourt, and landscaped grounds to site.