Quarry Hill And Adjoining Outbuilding

This is an early to mid-17th century house, restored and extended in the later 19th century, accompanied by a 19th-century outbuilding. The house is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with squared dressings, featuring graduated stone-tiled roofs and 19th-century dressed stone chimney stacks. It has a T-plan layout, with two parallel 19th-century ranges extending from the rear of the stair wing. An L-plan outbuilding stands on the right side of the rear wing.

The front of the house is two storeys and attics, with three bays. A three-storey gabled porch is centrally placed, incorporating a moulded 19th-century doorway under a hoodmould. The majority of the windows are mullioned and transomed, set under hoodmoulds. Tall, paired cross windows are located on the ground floor of the outer bays, with three-light windows above. The porch has a restored four-light window on the first floor and two-light windows on its returns, situated below a string; an original small three-light mullioned window sits above. Gabled dormers above the outer bays contain similar original windows. The steeply pitched roof has coped gables and shaped footstones with ball finials. A corniced stack is present at the left end, and a large stepped external chimney is on the right return. Several original three-light mullioned windows are visible on the left rear and altered stair wing. A cross-gabled 19th-century bay projection extends from the right rear.

The rear wings, two storeys high and three bays wide, run parallel and have steeply pitched roofs, similar stacks, and scattered sash windows. One-storey, two-bay extensions are located on the rear gables of both wings. The outbuilding is a one-storey, L-plan structure. The front range, six bays wide, includes two boarded doors, three sashes, a 20th-century garage opening on the right, and a pitched roof with stacks at the left end and ridge. A shorter return section extends at a right angle on the rear.

The interior of the 17th-century house was altered in late 19th century with Jacobean-style fittings. It retains a complete roof structure of heavy adzed upper crucks. A late 20th-century conservatory on the left face of the rear wing is not of particular interest. The outbuildings are included for their group value.