manse — Market Square

Detached three-bay (single-bay deep) two-storey over basement manse with dormer attic, built 1808-9, on a rectangular plan abutting three-bay double-height over basement single-cell Methodist church (west) on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1901; 1911. For sale, 1978. Sold, 1979. Renovated, 1994, to accommodate alternative use. Hipped slate roof on King post timber construction with clay ridge tiles, rendered, ruled and lined off-central chimney stack having cut-granite capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, off-central rooflight to front (east) pitch, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on rendered eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined wall to front (east) elevation with rusticated rendered piers to ends; part creeper- or ivy-covered fine roughcast surface finish (remainder). Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of five steps with concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-six (basement) or two-over-two timber sash windows. Round-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (east) with cut-granite sills, timber cruciform mullions, and concealed dressings framing timber casement windows having overlights. Interior including (ground floor): remodelled hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, cut-veined white marble chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings; staircase hall (south) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber "spindle" balusters supporting timber banisters terminating in acorn finial-topped turned timber newels, timber panelled shutters to window openings to half-landings, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landings framing timber panelled doors; (first floor) remodelled room retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and moulded plasterwork cornices to ceilings; full-height interior (church) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door, "Acanthus"-detailed cut-white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled vaulted ceiling in carved timber frame on carved timber cornice. Set in landscaped grounds.