Exterior
Gentry house, rendered rubble stone with slate roofs and large stone chimneys. A complex plan of roughly T-shaped three-storey main house with S porch crosswing answered by a rear N wing and lower 2-storey ranges each side, that to right (E) with lean-to kitchen to rear and parallel outbuilding (bakehouse) behind. All windows boarded in at time of inspection, most lintels cemented, possibly former timber lintels replaced in concrete.
Main house has small stone right end stack (actually serving lower E range) and porch crosswing to right with overhanging eaves (coped gable 1951) and stone ball finial. Apex small square blank window or panel over horizontal attic window (casement pair 1951), with no sill. First floor eroded sandstone 3-light mullion window with recessed chamfered square-headed lights and ground floor plain square-headed door. Return to right has similar stone-mullion 3-light window to first floor, blocked opening below and brickwork in wall indicating line of inserted flue. Return to left has another similar first floor stone mullion window of 2 lights with dripstone, wall to left is angled back to expose a main-range window indicating that the porch is added. Ground floor square window, with no sill. Main range to left has large brick-framed cambered-headed window each floor to left, and window in former door with cemented lintel in angle to porch to right. Window in angle above is small 3-light stone mullion window, 2 lights blocked, third revealed by splay in porch side wall. Cemented lintel. (The large windows to right and the door had 12-pane sash windows).
Left (W) lower range of 2 storeys with stone W end stack, one window each floor to extreme right (survey drawings show upper window blank and set further left), two square windows to first floor left over C19 boarded door and window (door was in added brick porch, survey drawings show casement pair window to right of door, now blocked). Cemented lintels, no sills. (There was an added brick stack on front wallface).
Right E range of two storeys, two-window range (wooden casements each floor) with cemented lintels and no sills to ground floor. Unusual small 5-sided stone chimney on E gable end.
Rear of main range has massive lateral chimney in angle to rear left wing with corbelling at eaves level on right on 2 corbels over slightly less projecting masonry corbelled on 2 corbels from first floor sill level (a first floor chimney). Chimneybreast is stepped in on left in 3 big steps to big rectangular stone shaft capped in brick. To right is one-window range of large windows with cemented lintels and brick sides. To left is big rear wing with one window each floor in W side wall, the upper one horizontal with cemented lintel, set to right, the lower one square in former door. N gable end has overhanging eaves, hoodmoulded attic window to right of centre, first floor window also slightly right of centre with cemented lintel and 2 windows to ground floor, small one to left, larger to right with cemented lintel and brickwork above. Big external chimneybreast on E side-wall with tall sheer stack. Loft window in main range E gable end with cemented lintel.
E wing has external chimneybreast on E gable end with two flat set offs and the 5-sided chimney. Tiny loft light to left, small 2-light oak mullion window with diamond mullion to first floor right and blocked door to ground floor right. Lean-to to rear obscured by parallel gabled outbuilding, former bakehouse with broad roof oversailing rear wall with curve of bread oven.
W wing has N rear wall continuous with main house, large window to first floor left, small stair light right of centre and ground floor door and window, with brick sides and cemented lintels, window with brickwork below. Lean-to outbuilding on end wall with door to rear and door and window to S front with cemented lintels . Big end wall external chimneybreast set slightly right of apex, with one step to left side and nogged brick cap. Loft window with cemented lintel.