Courtown House

Detached three-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey head gardener's house, extant 1852, on a square plan with three-bay two-storey rear (north) elevation. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1947. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Flat topped hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan with pressed or rolled lead ridges extending into clay ridge tiles, red brick Flemish bond chimney stacks having corbelled stepped capping supporting crested terracotta tapered pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on overhanging eaves on pitch pine pillars. Red brick Flemish bond walls on cut-granite chamfered plinth. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of ten cut-granite steps, doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta"- or "Cyma Reversa"-detailed cornice framing timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed window openings centred on round-headed window opening (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing six-over-six (ground floor) or six-over-three (first floor) timber sash windows centred on three-over-three timber sash window having fanlight. Set in grounds originally shared with Courtown House.