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Highfort House — ROCKFORT

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Highfort House — ROCKFORT
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Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, having gable-fronted two-storey projecting entrance bay, gable-fronted breakfront end-bay and single-storey canted bay window to front (north-east). Gabled dormers to front and rear (south-west). Gable-fronted two-storey breakfront bay and recent single-storey lean-to additions to rear. Possibly incorporating fabric of earlier building. Pitched L-plan slate roof with rendered and timber clad overhanging eaves, having rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods and carved timber bargeboards to gables and dormers. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with exposed rubble limestone wall to side (north-west) elevation. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone and replacement render sills throughout. Timber-framed bipartite windows to front elevation, having nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows. Timber pediments on brackets surmounting first floor window openings of gable-fronted bays. Timber-framed four-light window to canted bay, having nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows. Nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash window to side (north-west) elevation. uPVC casement windows to rear. Square-headed door openings to side elevations of entrance bay, having decorative timber surrounds and timber-panelled doors. Located within own grounds.

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