Wood View — BALLINGALE

Detached three-bay two-storey double-pile over part raised basement dower house, built 1820, on a square plan; three-bay full-height rear (east) elevation. Vacant, 1901. Leased, 1911. For sale, 1997. Refenestrated, 1998. For sale, 2007. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof behind parapet with lichen-covered terracotta ridge tiles, rendered coping to gables with rendered, ruled and lined chimney stacks to apexes having cut-granite stepped capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, and concealed rainwater goods. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners supporting parapet having cut-granite coping. Segmental-headed central door opening approached by flight of nine cut-granite steps between cast-iron railings, timber doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting shallow cornice on "Acanthus"-detailed consoles, and concealed dressings having concave reveals framing timber panelled door having fanlight. Square-headed window openings originally in bipartite arrangement with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing four-over-four timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings to rear (east) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows replacing six-over-six timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on moulded plasterwork ceiling rose; square-headed opening into staircase hall with carved timber Classical-style surround; double-height staircase hall (east) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber "match stick" balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in volute, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling; dining room (north) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling on decorative plasterwork frieze; drawing room (south) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surround to window opening framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers, Baroque-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling on decorative plasterwork frieze; 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 on a slightly elevated site.