Falmore Hall

Detached five-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1810. U-plan, full-height bow to south-west elevation, two-storey late eighteenth century former house, now wing, to north-west. Hipped and pitched slate roofs, clay ridge and hip tiles, smooth rendered corbelled chimneystacks, terracotta pots, oversailing eaves, painted timber soffit supported on paired timber eaves brackets, cast-iron gutters, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted smooth rendered walling, projecting plinth course, channelled quoins to south-east elevation, sill course to first floor windows, unpainted smooth render to north-west. Square-headed window openings, painted stone sills, moulded smooth rendered architraves, pediments supported on decorative brackets to ground floor windows, Wyatt window to central bay of first floor, south-east elevation, round-headed stair window to central bay of first floor north-west elevation; painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-six to first floor; painted timber sliding sash windows to extension c. 2005. Segmental-headed door opening, painted smooth rendered decorative pilasters and moulded capitals to surround, moulded wreath surmounts arch; painted timber double doors with six raised-and-fielded panels flanked by painted fluted engaged Doric columns supporting frieze, cornice and petal fanlight, decorative sidelights; cast-iron boot scraper on limestone entrance platform, approached by two limestone steps flanked by wrought-iron railings. House situated in extensive grounds, ranges of rendered outbuildings to north-west arranged around courtyard; hipped slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, red brick bellcote to north-west corner; painted roughcast-rendered walling, square-headed window and door openings, segmental-headed carriage openings; entrance to south-west flanked by ashlar piers; wrought-iron gateway to south of house with cast-iron finials, cast-iron gateway to grounds with cast-iron piers.