The Holmstead (including terrace formerly listed separately)

The Holmstead is a house that was originally a convent, built around the 1840s, possibly by architects Cunningham and Holme, with later additions from the 1870s. It is constructed of stone and features a fishscale slate roof.

The building has two storeys and an irregular plan with four bays. It is topped with a corbelled cornice, and the gables have corbelled kneelers. The first bay is a single storey with a canted and hipped roof that includes a clerestory and gargoyles along the cornice. All the windows are mullioned and transomed, featuring cusped lower and upper lights. The third bay has a canted bay window with an embattled parapet, while the second and third bays contain first-floor cross windows set in gabled half dormers.

The end bay projects forward and features a Tudor-arched entrance with carved spandrels and a three-light overlight. The paired first-floor windows are separated by a buttress, with a pierced balcony and a label mould above. The top stage has chamfered angles and includes a triangular oriel, a richly carved cornice, and a pavilion roof with a hipped roof over the oriel, topped with iron cresting. The right return of the building projects and includes an iron-framed conservatory at the angle, which has a canted end, a pierced stone base, and tracery heads on the windows.

Inside, the building boasts ornamented ceilings, brattishing on the internal window architraves, doors featuring linenfold woodwork, and some grisaille glass. The drawing room is particularly notable for its fine panelled ceiling. The terrace on the right return and the garden front features pierced balustrading and classical urns made of cast iron.