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Altamira House

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Altamira House
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Detached three-storey over basement country house, built c. 1810, having three-bay front (north) and west elevations and four-bay south and east elevations, with recent single- and two-storey lean-to extensions to west elevation. Skirt artificial slate roof with cut limestone cornice stones below overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with cut limestone string course between ground floor and basement. Camber-headed window openings with cut limestone sills and diminishing timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to ground and first floors, and three-over-three pane to second floor. Round-headed openings to west elevation, three-over-three pane to top floor with spoked fanlight and cut limestone sill and double-leaf door to first floor with timber spoked fanlight. Segmental-headed front door opening with cut limestone doorcase comprising pilasters with moulded plinths and capitals, flanking timber panelled door and decoratively glazed sidelights, surmounted by carved limestone cornice, ornate spider-web and petal fanlight and moulded limestone archivolt. Cut limestone threshold to entrance. Decorative stucco ceilings to interior.

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