Holmedene

Holmedene is a mill owner's house built in 1889, with minor alterations in the 20th century. It is constructed of dressed stone and ashlar, with ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate hipped roof featuring a bracketed eaves cornice. The design incorporates a chamfered plinth, a ground floor impost band, and a first floor cill band.

The symmetrical south front is dominated by a central doorway with a part-glazed panel door and a segment-headed overlight, set within a projecting ashlar porch. The porch features fluted Doric columns supporting an entablature topped with an open balustrade. Above the doorway is a single, segment-headed plate glass sash window with a moulded ashlar lintel. Flanking the central bay are two-story canted bay windows with Doric pilasters defining the lower windows, and segment-headed windows with prominent keystones above. The west and east fronts feature a pair of sashes and two single sashes to the south, with a similar window arrangement above, these windows having segment-arched heads and prominent keystones. The rear façade includes an off-centre, round-headed staircase window containing round-arched tracery.

The interior is notable for its extremely well-preserved original features. The entrance hall contains a carved wooden screen with etched glass, a Minton tiled floor (now largely covered in parquet flooring), cast-iron and marble radiator covers, a deeply coved plaster cornice, and a fine wooden staircase with boldly turned balusters and an elaborate octagonal newel post. The main reception rooms retain fine plaster ceilings, elaborate doorcases and panel doors, and high-quality fireplaces; the former drawing room fireplace is wooden, while the former dining room fireplace is marble. Bedrooms retain original doors, doorcases, coving, and fireplaces. The box-room has a complete set of fitted wooden cupboards, and the bathroom retains the original bath with fitted panelling.