Gowran House — Main Street

Detached four-bay two-storey house, extant 1853, on an irregular plan including three-bay two-storey block centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed advanced porch to ground floor abutting single-bay two-storey double-pile advanced end bay (east); single-bay two-storey double-pile recessed end bay (west); four-bay two-storey block (north-east) with six-bay single-storey wing (north-west). Bitumen felt-covered hipped slate roof abutting hipped and pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (east); hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof (west), terracotta ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves with cast-iron downpipes; hipped slate roof (north-east) with ridge tiles, rendered central chimney stack on axis with ridge having capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves with cast-iron downpipe; pitched slate roof (north-west) with ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on exposed timber rafters with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls coursed rubble limestone walls with concealed margined tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners; rendered walls (north-east) on rendered base; snecked tooled limestone walls (north-west) with margined tooled cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening with limestone flagged threshold, timber mullions, and rusticated limestone ashlar voussoirs centred on rusticated cut-limestone keystone framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (north-east) with cut-limestone sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Camber-headed door openings (north-west) with margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing timber panelled doors. Segmental-headed flanking window openings in tripartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, timber mullions, and margined tooled cut-limestone block-and-start surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows having one-over-one sidelights. Set back from line of street with margined cut-limestone piers to perimeter having "Cavetto"-detailed capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron gate.