Smeer Hall

SD 66 NW 2/59

ROEBURNDALE Smeer Hall

4-10-1967

II House, 1664 with mid C18th extension. Sandstone rubble. Roof of stone slate except for part of rear pitch which is of slate. 2 storeys with attic. East wall has rebated and chamfered mullioned windows, with some mullions repaired, and a drip course. On the ground floor are 2 of 3 lights, with a one-light window at the right. To the left is a 2-light mullioned window reconstructed within a blocked door surround. On the 1st floor are 2 3-light windows. At the left, in the angle with the taller extension, which projects forwards, is a single-storey lean-to porch with a reconstructed 2-light mullioned window in its front wall. The extension is of 2 bays and has windows with stone surrounds with a slight chamfer, and flat-faced mullions. Those on the ground floor are of one light. On the 1st floor they are of 2 lights. Chimneys on right-hand gable and to each side of extension. The right-hand gable wall has a 3-light ground-floor window, a 2-light 1st floor window and one of 2 lights to the attic. At the rear the extension has windows similar to those in its front wall and is of 2 bays. To the right on the ground floor is one of 3 lights. Those above are of 2 lights. In the left-hand bay there is a blocked door with plain stone surround. The rear wall of the original house has been rebuilt and is covered by a C20th lean-to extension. Inside, the left-hand room of the original house has a firehood bressumer with a mortise for a heck post towards the rear, suggesting an original end baffle-entry plan. The ground floor is divided by a plank and muntin partition with adjacent doorways which have carved doorheads. The doors are of moulded plank construction. The right-hand one is inscribed: '1664 TW'. The extension has a re-set fireplace with shouldered head and a partition wall of framed beaded panelling with moulded dado.

Listing NGR: SD6222465996