Scarvy House

Detached three-bay two-storey house with half-basement, built c.1840, having pro-style tetrastyle portico to front (north-west) elevation, three-bay north-east and two-bay south-west elevations. Hipped M-profile slate roof, with dressed sandstone chimneystacks with clay pots. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Overhanging eaves having decorative paired eaves brackets. Coursed rubble stone walls, having painted dressed stone plinth course and corner pilaster quoins. Dressed stone block-and-start quoins to basement level to north-east, south-west and rear elevations, and harl-rendered to south-west elevation. Square-headed window openings, with dressed stone block-and-start and painted render surrounds, render sill and timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to ground floor, and six-over-three pane to first floor and basement level. Dressed stone block-and-start surrounds and cast-iron railings to basement level windows. Replacement uPVC windows to south-west elevation. Paired round-plan Doric-style columns to portico, with respondent square-plan engaged pilasters, supporting entablature with laurel wreaths and string course, moulded cornice over. Segmental-headed door opening, flanked by paned sidelights, and having decorative fanlight, all set into painted dressed stone surround, with panelled pilasters to doorway and panelled lintels to doorway and sidelights, and with double-leaf timber panelled door. Door opening on to flagged sandstone platform, having dressed sandstone steps, flanked by carved stone eagles. Square-headed door opening to south-west elevation with painted dressed stone surround and single-leaf timber panelled door. Garden to north and rear of house, having cast-iron single-leaf pedestrian gate flanked by cast-iron columns.