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Egmont House — Egmont Place

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Egmont House — Egmont Place
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Detached three-bay two-storey over half-basement house, built c. 1810, having four-bay south-west elevation and extension to west. Formerly in use as hotel. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls with smooth render paltbands to eaves and between floors. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and painted limestone sills, some ground floor windows being barred. Round-headed door opening to front elevation having timber panelled door with elaborate spoked fanlight, timber surround, flaned by Ionic-style engaged columns supporting frieze with swag decoration and dentillated cornice, concave archivolt having scroll keystone. Doorway approached by sweeping flight of cut limestone steps with cast-iron railings. Square-headed doorway and former integral and carriage entrance to south elevation, having replacement timber and uPVC fittings. Cut tooled limestone entrance to garden with camber arch, limestone coping with urn, and wrought-iron gate. Similarly detailed window to south side of gate, with decorative cast-metal fitting. Roughcast rendered boundary wall to garden at south-west side.

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