The Nook And Pump And Trough In The Grounds

This is a late 18th or early 19th century house, situated within extensive grounds. The house is constructed of brown brick with ashlar detailing, topped with a slate roof and featuring two brick gable end stacks with terracotta pots. It has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, arranged over three bays.

The main, garden-facing front is in Flemish bond brickwork, set on an ashlar plinth. A central doorway is framed by a stone doorcase featuring engaged Tuscan columns and entablatures, surmounted by an open pediment above a radial bar fanlight. The door itself is of six panels, with the upper four panels glazed and the lower two flush and beaded. Large sash windows flank the entrance, with four panes over five on the ground floor and three sashes over four on the first floor, all retaining their weight boxes and glazing bars. Stone flat arch lintols with raised keyblocks are above these windows. A stone cornice with mutules and a blocking course runs along the top. Two shallow, lead-roofed dormers break the roofline. The front elevation to the right features a recessed porch with a marble step and a six-panel door, the upper panels glazed with stained glass. A semi-circular brick arched window is centrally placed in the stairwell, featuring barred margin panes, with a small casement window below. In the bay to the left are sashes on both floors, five panes over three. A narrow sash with sidelights is positioned above the doorway on the first floor. Beyond the stairwell window, all openings have flush stone wedge lintols. The building has an ovolo moulded gutter cornice. A small, flat-roofed dormer is located centrally on the roof.

A single-storey, canted bay has been added to the left gable end wall, featuring a flat roof with stone coping, central French doors, and side sashes, all with glazing bars. Adjoining the right-hand gable end wall is a high garden wall with a semi-circular arched doorway, beneath a stone-coped gablet with two flanking and one crowning ball finials. Stone latch and hinge blocks are set into the doorway jambs.

Inside, the house features six-panel doors, panelled jamb linings to windows, simple moulded plaster cornices, and a dog-leg staircase with cut and bracketed strings.

The grounds also contain a detached cast iron pump with a sandstone trough.