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Freestanding square-plan Gothic Revival style country house, built 1866-7. Comprising battered three-bay three-storey main block with round-tower to north-west, adjoining crenellated single-storey bay with external flue to west having squinch to north-west corner, terminating in battered square-plan four-stage tower. South block having entrance bay terminating in battered square-plan, crenellated three-stage tower. Multiple-bay five-storey block to north with adjoining battered tower to north-east. House roofless. Hipped limestone roof with cross finial to north-east tower. Limestone spire to round-tower having carved finial. Gables to north-west block with limestone copings, some having carved finials. Limestone chimneystacks. Entrance block to south with pitched limestone roof. Guarderobe-like projections to west and north elevations. Roughly dressed limestone walls with buttress to north-east elevation and carved heraldic plaques to south entrance bay. Square-headed arrow slit window openings. Paired arrow slit window openings having oculus over with inset trefoil-headed opening to west elevation. Paired lancet window openings having limestone mullions and transoms with oculi over having inset quatrefoil openings to west, north and south blocks. Quatrefoil window openings to south entrance bay. Paired lancet window openings having limestone mullions and transoms with oculi over having inset multifoil openings to west block, east elevation. Pointed arch openings to round-tower with inset square-headed arrow slit windows having carved quatrefoil motifs over. Lancet openings to north block, south elevation second floor having inset trefoil-headed window openings with limestone mullions. Triple trefoil-headed lancet window openings to north-west block, east elevation. Pointed arch opening to north-west block, west elevation with inset round-headed carriage arch and adjoining pointed arch pedestrian entrance having limestone voussoirs. Carved limestone lions and heraldic motifs to tympanum with flanking engaged columns having carved quatrefoils over. Pointed arch door openings to north elevation. Pointed arch opening to south entrance bay having inset pointed arch opening with carved limestone voussoirs. Square-headed shouldered door openings to south entrance block, east and west elevations, first floor. External cantilevered limestone staircase to south block, north elevation. Barrel vault to entrance, main block having tooled limestone ribs. Cut limestone stairs and spiral staircases to interior, north block, with carved sandstone springing arch to ground floor. Red brick walls to interior, west block, with carved limestone fireplace. Flight of limestone steps with rubble limestone walls and pointed arch door opening to north.
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