Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Detached four-bay two-storey over basement country house, built c. 1830, with central breakfront, portico to front (west) elevation, five-bay side elevation and adjoining late medieval castle to rear (east) elevation. Hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves, rendered chimneystacks and timber eaves brackets. Roughcast rendered walls with smooth render plinth. Square-headed openings having four-over-four pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor with moulded render surrounds and continuous limestone sill course. Six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor with moulded surround and limestone sills. Portico comprising fluted Doric style pilasters to corners, flanking engaged fluted Ionic columns supporting entablature, central double-leaf timber glazed door having flanking round-headed sidelights and spoked fanlight above. Approached by limestone steps. Castle to rear having rubble limestone walls with cut limestone crenellations having stringcourse beneath. Single-storey modernised and extended gate lodge to front (west) of site. Cast-iron gates and railings to front of site flanked by square-profile cut limestone piers and sweep walls.
This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.