Riddlestown Park

Detached five-bay (two-bay deep) three-storey over part raised basement country house, built 1730, on a rectangular plan; five-bay full-height rear (north) elevation. Vacated, 1976. Now disused. Hipped slate roof on a quadrangular plan with clay ridge tiles, red brick Running bond chimney stacks on axis with ridge having capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and no rainwater goods surviving on cut-limestone ogee cornice retaining cast-iron hopper and downpipe. Part creeper- or ivy-covered lime rendered or roughcast walls with concealed cut-limestone flush quoins to corners. Square-headed central door opening approached by flight of six bull nose-detailed cut-limestone steps between wrought iron railings, cut-limestone doorcase with ogee-detailed hood moulding on fluted scroll consoles framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings (basement) with concealed cut- or hammered limestone surrounds framing cast-iron bars. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing two-over-two or six-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows having part exposes sash boxes. Square-headed window openings to rear (north) elevation with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings including cut-limestone voussoirs framing four-over-four or six-over-six (top floor) timber sash windows without horns having part exposed sash boxes. Square-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (basement) with cut-limestone mullions, and concealed cut- or hammered limestone surrounds framing remains of timber casement windows. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber lugged surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in unkempt grounds with tooled limestone ashlar piers to perimeter having remains of ogee-detailed cornice capping.