Springdale House

Detached five-bay two-storey house with attic, built c. 1830, having lower two-storey returns to each end of rear, western being four-bay and eastern being two-bay. Recent two-bay single-storey extension to west and projecting forward, and recent two-storey extension to rear between returns. Pitched slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Pitched artificial slate roofs to returns and extensions. Exposed stone walls to east wall of western return, rendered walls elsewhere. Front elevation of house having moulded render string course between floors, render quoins and render plinth course. Camber-headed window openings having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows with render sills. Camber-headed six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to west extension. Windows to attic level are blocked. Round-headed door opening, set into exposed rubble sandstone walls and having brick surround and voussoirs, and replacement timber glazed door and spoked timber fanlight, approached by rendered steps. Single-bay single-storey outbuilding to north having single-pitched slate roof, rubble sandstone walls, round-arched vehicular entrance to east elevation having brick voussoirs and timber battened double-leaf door, and square-headed timber battened door. Single-bay two-storey outbuilding to east having pitched slate roof, rubble limestone and sandstone walls, elliptical-arch vehicular entrance with roughly dressed limestone and sandstone voussoirs, and square-headed timber battened door to first floor. Square-profile painted rendered piers with decorative cast-iron vehicular and pedestrian gates, set into painted rendered walls with metal railings.

Springdale House is a fine example of the language of classical architecture stripped to its barest elements to create a modest dwelling in a subtle style. The plain, regular façade is well proportioned with the restrained, decorative focus restricted to the simple round-headed entrance. The various additions add context to the house. The outbuilding to the east is notable for its solid form and good quality materials.