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Longgraigue House — Foulkesmill

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Longgraigue House — Foulkesmill
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Detached three-bay two-storey country house with dormer attic, reconstructed 1867, on an N-shaped plan off-centred on single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor with single-bay full-height gabled advanced end bay; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height return (north). Occupied, 1911. Renovated, ----. Replacement pitched artificial slate roof on an N-shaped plan; pitched (gabled) slate roof (porch), ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having cut-granite capping supporting yellow terracotta octagonal pots, lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gables including lichen-covered cut-granite coping to gable (porch) on cut-granite "Cavetto" kneelers, rooflights (north), and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves retaining some cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined battered walls; roughcast battered surface finish (north) on slate hung base. Tudor-headed off-central door opening with cut-granite step supporting cast-iron bootscrapers, and cut-granite surround having chamfered reveals framing glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled double doors. Tudor-headed door opening into country house with glazed timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds having chamfered reveals with hood mouldings over framing replacement two-over-two sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings (north) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement uPVC casement windows. Set in landscaped grounds.

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