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Detached three-bay single-storey over basement house, built c. 1810. Comprising bay windows and uPVC porch to front (south-west) elevation and two-bay single-storey over basement lean-to to rear (north-east) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging eaves. Rubble sandstone walls, brick walls to bay windows and inscribed limestone plaque to front elevation. Square-headed openings having limestone sills and replacement uPVC windows. Square-headed opening having timber panelled double-leaf doors. Courtyard to north comprising east, west and south ranges. Six-bay two-storey east range having pitched slate roof with brick eaves course. Rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings with timber fittings. Round-headed openings having timber battened half-doors. Round-headed carriage arches with timber battened double-leaf doors. Six-bay two-storey west range having pitched slate roof with brick eaves course. Rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings with timber fittings and concrete sills. Elliptical-headed openings, some having timber battened half-doors. Square-headed door opening with overlight and timber battened door. Round-headed carriage arches having timber battened double-leaf doors. Two-bay single-storey south range having two-bay single-storey addition to east elevation. Pitched slate roofs. Rubble sandstone walls. Square-headed openings having brick block-and-start surrounds and overlights over timber battened half-doors. Elliptical-headed carriage arch to addition with single-leaf cast-iron gates. Pair of square-profile concrete piers to west having double-leaf cast-iron gates. Walled garden with rubble limestone and red brick walls to west. Three-bay single-storey former gate lodge to west having recent porch to front (west) elevation. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystack. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings having replacement uPVC windows and painted concrete sills. Cast-iron railings to site. Pair of square-profile rubble sandstone piers to west with carved limestone piers and replacement double-leaf cast-iron gates.

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