Coopershill House — COOPERHILL

Detached five-bay three-storey over basement stone house, started c. 1755 and completed 1774, similar symmetrical architectural treatment to north (entrance) and south (garden) fronts. Coach house and stable yard c. 1774 to west. Hipped slate roof, central valley, lead wood-cored ridges and hips, longitudinal cut stone corbelled chimneystacks with terracotta pots set in central valley, overhanging eaves on moulded limestone cornice, cast-iron rainwater goods. Squared and coursed limestone walling, chamfered polished ashlar quoins, projecting basement plinth, armorial plaque incorporated into window sill over entrance. Square-headed window openings, serliana to centre of first floor, Wyatt window to centre of second floor, polished limestone ashlar Gibbsian surrounds, limestone sills, painted nine-over-six timber sash windows to ground floor north, six-over-six to ground floor south and first floor, three-over-three to second floor. Round-headed door opening to north front, square-headed sidelights each with six-over-four sash windows, ashlar limestone Gibbsian surround with keystone inscribed '1774', hardwood door with fifteen raised-and-fielded panels, interlaced fanlight, sandstone steps with dressed limestone parapet walls bridging basement area. Two-storey, pitched roofed, limestone rubble coach house building to immediate west, now in use as living accommodation. U-plan stable yard to west with limestone ashlar archway at north-east, segmental-headed carriage arch to west, pitched slate roofs, limestone rubble walling, yellow brick door and window surrounds, vertically-sheeted timber doors with multiple-pane crown glass overlights. House set in landscaped grounds in private demesne, mature park and farmland to all sides, accessed by tree-lined driveway from east.