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Knocktoran House — Elton

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Knocktoran House — Elton
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Detached three-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1780, with three-bay return. Single-bay two-storey over basement addition and three-bay two-storey over basement addition to north elevation, with single-storey three-bay conservatory addition to rear. Hipped slate roof with projecting eaves, having rendered chimneystack. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks to additions, hipped slate roof to conservatory. Some cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills having some six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, some one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and some nine-over-nine pane replacement uPVC sliding sash windows. Elliptical-headed door opening with tooled limestone doorcase. Timber panelled door with recent outer timber framed glazed door, flanked by tooled stone panels to doorcase. Spoked fanlight over. Door approached by tooled limestone steps. Cast-iron bootscraper to steps. Door flanked by cast-iron wall-mounted lamps. Square-headed door openings to north addition with timber half-glazed panelled door. Courtyard to north of house with recent paved yard area. Walled to east with rendered wall having square-headed door opening with sliding sheet-metal door. West range of outbuildings comprising three-bay two-storey building with single-bay single-storey addition to east. Hipped slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings and segmental headed window opening with render sills and timber framed windows. Square-headed door opening with timber and glass panelled door. Segmental-headed door openings with tooled limestone surrounds and double-leaf timber battened doors. Six-bay north range with pitched slate roof. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings with render sills and timber framed windows. Square-headed door openings with timber panelled half-glazed doors with rectangular overlights. Tooled limestone steps to terraced grounds.

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