Blanchland

Blanchland is a mansion built in the early 19th century for Sir R.L. Dundas, with a slightly later wing to the left and a mid to late 19th-century rear wing. It has been converted into two houses. The building is constructed of dressed sandstone with chamfered quoins and features a late 20th-century imitation stone slab roof with stone gable coping on the right side. It is two storeys high and has a garden front facing south with five bays. The central doorway has a late 20th-century door, and there are sash windows with glazing bars, although the windows in the three right-hand bays have been renewed. The left side has a slightly recessed single-bay wing in a similar style, featuring a 9-pane sash window on the first floor. The roofs are shallow-pitched and hipped at the left end, with corniced ridge stacks. A late 19th-century canted bay window is located on the ground floor of the left return. There is a two-storey wing at the rear of the mansion that is in keeping with the original design. The former service wings, known as Laurel Cottage, are attached to the right end and rear but have been altered significantly and are not of interest. The building was formerly known as Loftus Hall.