Anaverna House — Ravensdale

Detached five-bay two-storey with attic house, built c. 1790. Returns and extensions to north c. 1840, three-bay breakfront and timber porch to south elevation. Hipped slate roof, clay ridge tiles, slated chimneystacks, chamfered stone capping, projecting eaves, moulded cast-iron gutters on corbelled eaves, circular cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast rendered walling, stone plinth course, continuous stone sill course to first floor windows of breakfront, carved stone coping to parapet of breakfront. Square-headed window openings, granite sills, painted timber six-over-six sliding sash windows; painted timber fretted canopy to ground floor windows, south elevation; recessed painted smooth rendered surround to ground floor windows of breakfront, recessed round-headed surround to first floor windows of breakfront; three-over-three sliding sash windows to attic, north elevation, tripartite sliding sash window to east elevation, round-headed stairwell window opening to north elevation. Flat-roofed painted timber entrance porch surmounted by decorative glazed fanlight, carved stone surround; porch comprising Wyatt window to south, pilasters supporting fluted frieze, rosette panels and cornice, painted timber and glazed double doors to west; stone surround to internal painted timber door with four panels; round-headed door opening to west, painted timber and glazed double doors surmounted by stained glass fanlight; square-headed door opening to north extension, painted timber door with glazed panels. House set in own extensive grounds, random rubble boundary wall to west, ashlar stone piers and wrought-iron gates giving access to site.