Description
Circa 1825. 2-storey, basement and attic 5-bay, classical
house with single storey extension to W elevation,
full-height wing to N. Sydney Mitchell and Wilson 1908.
Rendered and lined as ashlar with rusticated quoins at front;
harling at rear.
S ENTRANCE FRONT: bracketted doorpiece, later addition.
Flight of steps oversailing basement with decorative
cast-iron railings. 2 later 19th century canted, slated
dormers. 4-pane glazing pattern. Slated piend roof and end
stacks.
INTERIOR: Tripartite inner door to vestibule. Panelled
window shutters retained.
GARDEN ARCHWAY: early 20th painted brick wall and archway
with central sedant lion on undulated panel, flanked at base
by urns in red sandstone.
LODGE: Sir Robert Lorimer 1911-1912. Single storey and attic,
Arts and Crafts cottage, with 2-storey slate hung later
extension to N. Squared, snecked rubble.
W ENTRANCE: central, ogee-roofed porch resting on low rubble
walls and timber posts; flanking windows. Diminutive piended
dormer breaking eaves to E in recessed bay. Multi-pane
casement windows under swept, slate eaves, coped rubble stack
in N slope of roof.
ENTRANCE GATEWAY BY THE LODGE: square gate piers, rusticated
on road side with moulded caps and thistle finials.
Decorative wrought-iron gates with BH initials. Squared
rubble walls with semi-circular coping. Narrow gate to the
Lodge with wrought-iron gate.