Wingfield House

Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile farmhouse, extant 1811, on a rectangular plan originally three-bay two-storey single-pile. Sold, 1881. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1955. Hipped and pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having concrete capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal or tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal hoppers and downpipes. Roughcast walls on rendered plinth. Camber-headed central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, cut-granite doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting cornice on blind frieze on consoles, and moulded rendered surround centred on keystone framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and moulded rendered surrounds centred on keystones framing six-over-six (ground floor) or three-over-six (first floor) timber sash windows without horns. Square-headed window openings to rear (south) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing eight-over-eight (ground floor) or four-over-eight (first floor) timber sash windows centred on six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including central entrance hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and plasterwork cornice to ceiling; 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 with rendered piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.