Oaklea — ROCKSBOROUGH

Detached two-bay two-storey house with dormer attic, extant 1883, on a T-shaped plan with single-bay (two-bay deep) two-storey lower central return (east). Occupied, 1901; 1911. Pitched slate roof; hipped slate roof (east), clay ridge tiles, lichen-spotted coping to gables with red brick Running bond chimney stack (north) having stringcourse below corbelled stepped capping supporting yellow terracotta tapered pot, rooflight to front (west) pitch, and cast-iron rainwater goods on red brick header bond thumbnail beaded cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes. Red brick Common bond wall to front (west) elevation on rendered chamfered plinth with terracotta stringcourses; rendered, ruled and lined surface finish (remainder) with cast-iron "Pattress" tie plates. Shouldered square-headed door opening with two cut-granite steps, red brick voussoirs with hood moulding framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, cut-granite lintels with hood mouldings framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (remainder) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings (east) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing timber casement (ground floor) or two-over-two timber sash (first floor) windows. Set in landscaped grounds.