The Green

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1830, on L-shaped plan having two-storey return to the rear at the south-west corner, and with projecting Ionic doorcase\porch to the centre of the front elevation (east). Later single- and two-storey extensions to the rear (west). Originally associated with the owner of a bleach mill to site, now demolished (post 1904). Hipped natural slate with a central pair of slate-hung chimneystacks having cut stone coping and decorative clay ware pots over, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered chimneystack to the west gable end of return. Hipped and mono-pitched natural slate roofs to single- and two-storey extensions. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls over projecting plinth course to front elevation, roughcast rendered to side (north and west) and rear elevations, with limestone plinth. Square-headed window openings to front elevation (east) having rendered (stone?) sills, and with six-over-six pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed window openings to extensions having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and paired three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows. Central round-headed door opening to the front elevation (east) having timber panelled double-doors (c. 1900), flanking moulded timber pilasters, moulded timber lintel, moulded cut stone step and threshold, and with radial fanlight over. Ionic distyle porch to entrance having Ionic columns, stucco Ionic pilasters flanking doorway, and with cut sandstone entablature over with plain frieze and sandstone cornice. Set back from road in extensive grounds to the west of the centre of Ramelton, and to the north bank of the Leanne River. Detached two and single-storey outbuildings to rear comprising natural slate roofs and roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Site enclosed by rubble stone boundary wall. Leannan River flows directly to south, former gate lodge to northeast of house, and single-storey watchman’s hut to southwest of property comprising pyramidal natural slate roof, rubble stone walls and timber battened door. Detached multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the rear (west) having pitched and hipped natural slate roof with some surviving cast-iron rainwater goods, partially roughcast rendered rubble stone walls, square-headed window openings with timber louvered and replacement fittings, square-headed doorway with battened timber door, and with square-headed carriage-arch with red brick surround, and sliding corrugated-metal door; red brick surrounds to some openings. Two-bay single-storey shed attached to the south-east corner of outbuilding having pitched natural slate roof with red brick chimneystack to the south gable end, rubble stone walls, and square-headed doorways with red brick surrounds and battened timber doors. Outbuildings set in rubble stone enclosure (on rectangular-plan) to west of house. Gateway to the east comprising a pair of rusticated ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) with cut stone saddleback capstones over with gabled faces to cardinal points and carved anthemion motifs to corners, and with a pair of decorative cast-iron gates with fleur-de-lys finials over; gateway flanked to either side by curved sections of rubble stone plinth walls with cut stone coping and cast-iron railings over with fleur-de-lys finials over, and terminated to outer ends by rusticated ashlar gate piers (on square-plan) with cut stone saddleback capstones over with gabled faces to cardinal points and carved anthemion motifs to corners. Rubble stone boundary walls to site.