Richfield House

Attached six-bay two-storey single-pile farmhouse with dormer attic, extant 1739, on a rectangular plan. "Dilapidated", 1824. Occupied, 1837. Occupied, 1911. Renovated, 1979. Undergoing restoration, 2007. Replacement pitched banded slate roof centred on pitched (gabled) banded slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks having stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, rendered central "wallhead" chimney stack to rear (west) elevation having capping supporting terracotta pots, rooflights, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice retaining cast-iron downpipes with cast-iron rainwater goods to rear (west) elevation on timber eaves boards on lime rendered red brick header bond stepped eaves. Replacement lime rendered battered walls. Square-headed off-central door opening with cut-granite step threshold, and cut-granite block-and-start surround centred on double keystone framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement four-over-four timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): off-central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with turned timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in chamfered timber newels, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in relandscaped grounds.