Alderton House — POULMALOE

Detached three-bay two-storey farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1902, on a rectangular plan. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1933. Resold, 1958. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks on red brick Running bond bases having stringcourses below corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on monolithic purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber eaves having paired timber consoles retaining cast-iron downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (north) elevation on rendered slate flagged eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered walls with concealed flush quoins to corners. Paired square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (west) with square-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (east), cut-granite sills, timber cruciform mullions, and concealed red brick block-and-start surrounds framing four-over-four timber sash windows having overlights. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings including timber lintels framing six-over-six timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes or timber casement windows having square glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds with piers to perimeter having ball finial-topped cut-granite capping.