Redesmouth House And Redesmouth House Cottage

Redesmouth House and Redesmouth House Cottage is a house of several builds, likely dating from the 16th century, with substantial additions in the early to mid-17th century, the 18th century, and the early to mid-19th century. The entrance front is constructed of ashlar, while the rest of the building is of rubble. The roofs are covered with Welsh slate. The building has an irregular plan. The oldest section, now largely a separate cottage, appears to have been a hall range, to which a cross-wing was added in the 17th century. An 18th-century block was subsequently added, and in the 19th century the house was reoriented, and a long front range was built to conceal the earlier sections. This front range is two storeys high with four bays, featuring a door in the second bay with a margined overlight and a triple keystone. A later 19th-century canted bay is located to the left. Other windows are 12-pane sashes with projecting sills. The building has deep eaves, decorative bargeboards on the left return gable, and three corniced stone stacks.

The rear elevation reveals an old two-storey, three-bay range with large quoins and a boulder plinth. A wide, off-centre door is set within a slightly-chamfered alternating-block surround. There are Yorkshire sash windows and a small monolith window, as well as blocked upper windows. An imposing gabled cross-wing, two and a half storeys high, features a cross window with a low-set transom in a cable-moulded surround on the first floor. A similar ground-floor window has lost its cross, and the top window lacks a transom. A set-back early 18th-century section on the right has a round-arched staircase window. Traces of 18th-century window replacement on the cross-wing are visible on the left return and inside. Windows are generally early 19th-century sashes with glazing bars. The older parts of the building have steeply pitched roofs. The cross-wing has a large central stone stack with four brick shafts, while the older section has 19th-century tall corniced brick end chimneys.

The interior includes two early 18th-century stone fireplaces with bolection mouldings, pulvinated friezes and cornices. There are numerous 6-panelled doors in the 19th-century block, and 2-panelled doors and internal shutters in the rear wing. An early 19th-century staircase has a wreathed handrail. The back stair features a 17th-century handrail combined with 18th- and 19th-century balusters. The rear wing contains old roof timbers with collar-beam trusses and curved principals.