Summer Hill — Summerhill Road

Detached four-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1785, on a T-shaped plan originally three-bay two-storey with single-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey central return (north). Extended, pre-1882, producing present composition. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1952. Renovated, ----. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched artificial slate roof (north), clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having concrete capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered stepped eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined battered walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with threshold, and moulded rendered surround centred on diamond pointed panelled keystone framing timber panelled double doors having overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings originally in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds centred on clover leaf-detailed foliate keystones with "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed hood mouldings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered lugged surrounds centred on rosette-detailed foliate keystones framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing two-over-two timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central vestibule retaining encaustic tiled floor; square-headed door opening into hall with timber panelled double doors having overlight; 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 timber panelled shutters to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds with rendered panelled chamfered piers to perimeter having truncated pyramidal capping supporting cast-iron double gates.