House - 17th century

The National Monuments Service's description

House described as 'a very old building' in OS Namebooks, 1840. The house is six-bay, two storey, one room deep (int. Wth 5.3m) with front wall 0.73m D. There are four substantial chimneys. The house has been shorted, it originally extended further N, the shell of this room survives with a fireplace in the gable. The fenestration is irregular. Sash windows have been replaced. The windows at first-floor level rise up under the eaves, as did previous sash windows. The present doorway in the front facade does not appear to be in its original position. The door embrasure splays internally, suggesting it was originally a window embrasure. The stairway, currently offset to N of doorway, has been altered. The complete house is c. 25m long. In the external face of the S gable there is an indication of a large blocked-up opening - like a carriage way. Internally, in order to enter the room at the S end of the house it is necessary to step down into the room. The present fireplace is this room was taken from the former ballroom. A range of buildings extends E from the S end of the house. This range contains, from E to W: the Steward's accommodation, a former ballroom with fireplace at E end and moulded cornice and a passage from exterior to courtyard, with a door leading into the ballroom. The range was accessible at first-floor level through a doorway, now blocked up. The house may be late 17th/early 18th-century date.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011