Ross House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1870, having bay windows to front (west) elevation and gablet to rear (east). Now in use as parochial house. Single-bay two-storey extension to rear (east) elevation. Skirt slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, render eaves course and overhanging eaves. Hipped slate roofs to bay windows. Roughcast rendered walls with render strip quoins and plinth course. Square-headed openings to first floor having limestone sills, render sill course and replacement uPVC windows throughout. Round-headed opening to rear elevation, first floor with one-over-one pane timber sliding margin sash window and limestone sill. Square-headed openings to rear, ground floor having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, limestone sills and cast-iron sill guards. Round-headed opening with moulded render surround having keystone and impost details, replacement uPVC door and sidelights. Five-bay single-storey outbuilding to north having gablet to front (east) elevation and lean-to to south. Hipped slate roof. Snecked limestone walls. Square-headed window and door openings having brick surrounds. Segmental-headed carriage arch with brick voussoirs. Pair of square-profile limestone piers to west having wrought-iron double-leaf gates, sweeping limestone walls terminating in second pair of piers.

The modest form of this house is enlivened by the bay windows and enhanced by the retention of interesting features such as the timber sash windows to rear and the slate roof. Built of high quality materials, the related outbuilding, piers and walls contribute to the setting of the house.