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Wells House

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Wells House
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Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, extant 1840, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch. Now disused. Pitched slate roofs on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch) with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond off-central chimney stack on red brick Running bond base having stepped capping supporting terracotta pot, perforated decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Part repointed coursed rubble stone walls originally roughcast with rough hewn rubble stone flush quoins to corners; roughcast surface finish to side (east) elevation bellcast over rendered plinth. Square-headed central door opening with timber lintel framing glazed timber boarded door. Square-headed flanking window openings in camber-headed recesses with cut-granite sills, and red brick voussoirs framing pivot fittings having square glazing bars. Set back from line of road at entrance to grounds of Wells House.

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