Delphi — TAWNYINLOUGH

Detached five-bay two-storey sporting lodge, begun 1815; completed 1820, on a square plan with five-bay two-storey side elevations. In occasional use, 1901. Occupied, 1911. Damaged, 1922. Surveyed, 1925. "Repaired", 1926. Leased, 1958-71. Vacant, 1972. Sold, 1985. "Restored", 1988. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan with clay ridge tiles, cement rendered chimney stacks on cement rendered chamfered bases having corbelled stepped stringcourses below concrete capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta pots, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on boxed eaves. Creeper- or ivy-covered gritdashed roughcast walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners centred on rendered "cornice" (first floor). Square-headed central door openings with rendered surrounds framing glazed timber French doors having overlights. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing three-over-three timber sash windows. Interior including (ground floor): central drawing room (west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and cut-veined black marble Classical-style chimneypiece; dining room (north-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and cut-veined white marble Classical-style chimneypiece; library (south-west) retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece; and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings. Set in landscaped grounds.