Gibbingsgrove House — MAINE SOUTH

Detached three-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c.1820, with return and having attic, latter having windows to return and to west elevation. Two-storey addition to north-west re-entrant corner and full-height hipped addition to south-west re-entrant corner, giving rectangular plan overall. Hipped slate roof, catslide to northwest addition, with overhanging timber sheeted eaves, having triple diagonally-set square-plan cut limestone chimneystacks to main block and and recent brick chimneystack to south-west addition. Replacement uPVC rainwater goods. Painted roughcast rendered walls, front elevation having carved limestone armorial plaques to first floor, and carved limestone panels to ground floor. Square-headed window openings, east elevation of main block and south elevation of south-west addition being blind, with tooled cut limestone sills and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to front elevation, two-over-two pane to east elevation, and mainly barred one-over-one pane to other elevations, with some six-over-six pane windows and one fixed six-pane window. Venetian-style window to first floor of return, with one-over-one pane timber sliding sashes, middle having coloured-glass fanlight. Tripartite one-over-one pane timber sliding sash window to rear elevation of north-west addition. Elliptical-headed door opening to front, with carved timber doorcase comprising engaged Composite columns and Composite pilasters flanking double-leaf timber panelled doors and polychrome glass sidelights, all surmounted by spoked timber fanlight and having flight of cut limestone steps, limestone flags and cast-iron boot-scrape to entrance. Square-headed door opening to return, having paned overlight and timber panelled door. Carved limestone gate piers with decorative cast-iron archway to west of house. Sited back from road with gate lodge and entrance gates to site, outbuildings to rear.