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Roesborough House

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Roesborough House
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Detached seven-bay two-storey over basement house, built c.1820, now in state of ruin. Presents two storeys to front and three to rear and has two-bay end elevations. Roofless with cut limestone corbel table to eaves and having red brick chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered rubble limestone walls with red brick internal masonry and render quoins. Square-headed window openings with brick surrounds and limestone sills. Tall round-headed window to middle of rear elevation. Some blocked segmental-arched openings to west end of rear. Remains of doorcase with limestone Doric engaged column, with steps. Seven-bay and five-bay ranges of two-storey outbuildings to rear of house with pitched slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, limestone corbel tables and rendered and painted walls with double timber casement windows and round-headed pedestrian and elliptical-headed vehicular entrances. Flat-headed carriageway through middle of smaller range with recessed round-headed panel overhead occupying first floor and having keystone.

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