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Waterslade House — Waterslade Place

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Waterslade House — Waterslade Place
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Detached two-storey house, built c.1650 and remodelled c.1810, having five-bay first floor and four-bay ground floor, and lean-to full-height one-bay addition to rear. Pitched slate roof with three substantial chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls with raised cemented skirting to base. Square-headed window openings, having mainly two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, and with one tripartite one-over-one pane window to front, with cut limestone sills. Wide segmental-headed doorcase of c.1850 comprising square-headed doorway with sidelights having rendered stall risers and cut limestone sills, and lintel supported by scroll brackets. Timber panelled double-leaf door approached by flight of limestone steps having decorative wrought-iron railings. Entrance gateway of ashlar limestone, erected c.1810, comprising square-plan piers with pairs of paterae set in moulded panels, with fluted friezes, moulded cornices and plinths, and capstones, supporting decorative cast-iron double-leaf vehicular gates of c.1850 and flanked by pointed arch pedestrian entrances having imposts and plinths and raised keystones bearing unicorns trippant, with wrought-iron gates. Quadrant walls leading to outer piers.

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