Summer Hill

Summer Hill is a mansion built around 1825, which later became part of a school and is now derelict. The building features an ashlar facade and a Welsh slate roof, designed in the Tudor Gothic style. It has two storeys and a five-window range, with the main section being symmetrical around a central entrance bay. To the left, there is an additional wing with two recessed windows. The central entrance porch projects forward and has a four-centred arched doorway topped with a castellated parapet. Above the inner doorway is a traceried overlight. On either side of the central bay, which forms a tower, are octagonal pilasters that create turrets beside the castellated parapet. The building has pairs of wood mullioned and transomed windows on both sides and in the left wing, all featuring labels and sills that extend into a projecting string course. The left wing also includes a squared bay window, flanked by narrow windows or doors that are now blocked. Throughout the structure, embattled parapets are present, culminating in the main block with octagonal finials over slender angle buttresses. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, this building was the home of Sir Thomas Agnew, a well-known authority on art.