Description
Wardrop and Reid 1881; single storey additions to E elevation, 1900. 1-storey, near symmetrical villa with classical details, rectangular-plan with lower 2-storey service wing to N. Cream-squared, coursed and stugged sandstone rubble with ahslar dressings. Base, band and eaves courses, cornice, windows with raised lugged margins and stop-chamfered reveals, bracketted cills to 1st floor single windows to E and S elevations, quoins.
E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: taller advanced bay to centre, window at ground and 1st floor, piended roof; recessed bay to left, projecting single storey pedimented porch in re-entrant angle with 2-leaf half-glazed fanlit door, flanked by engaged columnns, angle pilasters, tripartite window on left reutrn, lead roof, moulded date stone at 1st floor with initials intertwined 'WHH' and ?EHE'. 2 recessed bays to right with single storey balustraded canted projection in re-entrant angle, window to E face; window to outer right at ground, tall stair window to left (with modrn glazing) and window to right at 1st floor.
S ELEVATION: 2 symmetrical bays; canted window at ground and 1st floor to right, cillc ourse to 1st floor windows, piended roof. Recessed bay to left, 2-leaf French door with window above.
W ELEVATION: 3 symmetrical bays; pedimented centre bay with corbelled squared architraved oriel at 1st floor with diamond doecoration;
(ground floor partly obscured by creeper). Flanked by canted windows at ground (piended slate roofs) and bipartite windows at 1st floor.
SERVICE WING: lower 2-storey asymmetrical wing with single storey wing abutting to N.
E ELEVATION: 2-bays: bipartite window to left, window to right, similar arrangement at 1st floor with cill course. Single storey wing to outer right screened by advanced block enclosing kitchen court; cream coursed rubble, ashlar coped with ball finials and narrow window off-centre left with ogeed windowhead incoroporated from ruined church (?) above lintel.
W ELEVATION: joined to main block by recessed single bay link with bipartite window at 1st floor (ground floor partly obscured by creeper), cill course at 1st floor. 2-storey asymmetrical wing to left, 3 windows at ground, tripartite window at 1st floor. Single storey wing to outer left.
N ELEVATION: return of single storey wings, bipartite window to centre, door to right, window to left. Window off-centre right to end wall of 2-storey wing.
Mostely plate glass sash and case windows. Grey slate roof, tall prominent corniced and coped linkedstacks. 2 segmental-headed dormers and original rainwater goods to W elevation.