The Garden House

The Garden House, originally known as The Bothy, is a house built in 1893 by the architects Douglas & Minshull for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The structure features stone-dressed red brick with half-timbering on the third storey and the porch gable. It has Westmorland green slate roofs with red tile ridges and includes a cross-gabled three-storey section on the left, accompanied by a long one-and-a-half storey wing on the right. The building is adorned with three ornate brick chimneys that have moulded circular flues, as well as a simpler chimney with an octagonal stack. Some sections display blue diapering.

At the left end, there is a projecting porch featuring a basket arch, a recessed door, and a glazed screen with arched timber heads. The windows are embellished with ornate stone surrounds and mullions, including three half-dormers on the upper storey of the right wing. The half-timbered areas are richly detailed with carved window surrounds, mullions, brackets, and bargeboards. The windows have leaded glazing set in metal casements. Overall, the building is a well-composed and lavishly detailed example of Jacobethan style. The interior has not been inspected.