Solsborough House

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge, extant 1903, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled advanced open porch abutting single-bay single-storey gabled projecting end bay. Sold, 1981. Renovated, ----, to accommodate continued private residential use. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof on chamfered timber posts (porch), clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stack on cut-granite chamfered cushion course on rendered base having cut-granite chamfered capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, scissor trust-detailed perforated timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble limestone walls with red brick flush quoins to corners. Pointed segmental-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals framing replacement glazed timber boarded door. Pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (east) with cut-granite sill, carved timber Y-mullion, and red brick block-and-start surround framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Paired pointed-arch or pointed segmental-headed window openings (west) with cut-granite sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds having chamfered reveals framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Solsborough House.