Bank Top

These estate houses, numbered 1-3 Bank Top, date to 1837 and were designed by Edward Blore for the Earl of Tankerville. They are constructed of roughly dressed stone with ashlar detailing, and have a Welsh slate roof. The houses follow a U-shaped plan, with six bays in total. The upper floor has gabled dormers that break the eaves. Both the dormers and the gables of the projecting wings feature bargeboards with modillions. Similar bargeboards adorn the porches, which project into a courtyard from the end of the wings. The windows are chamfered and slightly recessed, with later 19th-century sash windows. The gable-end windows have chamfered mullions. A lean-to porch with bargeboarding is located on the right return. The building has substantial stone chimney stacks, three on the ridge and one projecting on each return. Small screen walls with chamfered square piers and ridged coping extend from the porches to create a gateway into the courtyard. The gate piers are square, topped with pyramidal caps.