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Fort William House — RYLANES

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Fort William House — RYLANES
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Detached five-bay single-storey U-plan house, built c. 1800, having recent glass additions to rear (north), east and west elevations. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Segmental-headed opening with spoked fanlight over double-leaf timber panelled door with flanking engaged columns having scrolled consoles. Limestone threshold and step to entrance. Seven-bay two-storey outbuilding to south-west with hipped slate roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings having red brick voussoirs, concrete sills and replacement casement windows. Arrow slit window openings with limestone surrounds. Square-headed openings with red brick voussoirs and timber battened doors. Elliptical-headed carriage arch having red brick voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened doors. Five-bay two-bay L-plan outbuilding to west with hipped slate roof. Rubble limestone and sandstone walls. Square-headed window openings having limestone sills. Arrow slit window openings with limestone surrounds. Elliptical-headed carriage arch having red brick voussoirs and double-leaf timber battened doors. Square-plan rubble limestone and sandstone outbuilding to north-west with hipped slate roof. Square-headed window openings having timber louvers and limestone sills. Pair of square-profile monolith limestone piers to north with single-leaf cast-iron gate.

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