Shanid House

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1790, having two-bay single-storey return and single-bay single-storey extension to rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof with cut limestone chimneystacks. Pitched slate roof to return having limestone chimneystack. Single-pitched slate roof to extension. Roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed openings with six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows and painted stone sills. Elliptical-headed opening having spoked fanlight over double-leaf timber panelled doors with flanking three-pane sidelights. Square-headed opening to return having timber battened door. Detached nine-bay single-storey outbuilding to north having pitched slate roof and limestone chimneystack. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door and window openings. Segmental-headed carriage arch with cut limestone voussoirs. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to west with pitched slate roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door openings. Three-bay single-storey outbuilding to south having pitched corrugated-iron roof. Rubble limestone walls. Square-headed door openings.

This middle sized late eighteenth-century house retains a strong sense of its original character, which is enhanced by the retention of timber sash windows and spoked fanlight. Square-headed windows arranged around the central doorway regularly punctuate the simply designed façade. The group, comprising house and associated outbuildings, is pleasantly located on a site recessed from the road.