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Fort Ross House — Sarsfield Road

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Fort Ross House — Sarsfield Road
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Detached L-plan three-bay two-storey former school and teacher's house, dated 1846, but actually built 1863, having slightly lower and slightly recessed two-bay two-storey return to rear, and recessed central entrance bay. Now in use as house. Hipped slate roofs, rendered chimneystacks, and some cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with cut limestone sills. Carved timber doorcase comprising square-headed opening having carved timber panelled door flanked by sidelights having panelled stall risers, openings flanked by pilasters with scroll consoles supporting moulded cornice, with spoked fanlight. Two-bay single storey outbuilding to rear with later extensions added. Lawns to front, with wrought-iron double-leaf gate to rendered piers set into rubble stone boundary walls.

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