Duninga House

Detached nine-bay three-storey double-pile country house, extant 1827, on a H-shaped plan originally five-bay three-storey on a rectangular plan with two-bay full-height projecting end bays centred on prostyle hexastyle Doric colonnade to ground floor; six-bay two-storey (south) or three-bay three-storey (north) side elevations. "Improved", 1830, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1923. Sold, 2001. Undergoing restoration, 2004. Hipped double-pile (M-profile) slate roof on a H-shaped plan with ridges now missing, red brick Running bond chimney stacks having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls; roughcast walls (south) on rendered plinth with rendered flush strips to corners; coursed rubble limestone walls (north) with cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening behind prostyle hexastyle Doric colonnade approached by two cut-granite steps with paired cut-granite columns supporting ogee-detailed cornice on blind frieze below parapet, and cut-granite surround centred on keystone framing glazed timber panelled double doors having fanlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (upper floors) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing three-over-six (first floor) or three-over-three (top floor) timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (south) with cut-granite sills, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing boarded up six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (north) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior undergoing restoration, 2004, 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. Set in landscaped grounds.