Casterton House, Ha-Ha Wall, Gates And Railings

TF 23 NE 8/91

WIGTOFT CLOVER LANE (east side) Casterton House, ha-ha wall, gates and railings

G.V. II

House,ha-ha wall, gates and railings. Late C18, refronted and refitted c.1830. Ashlar faced. Red brick, slate roofs, behind parapet on the front. 2 stone gable stacks, the left hand one reduced, copper roofed verandah, cast iron railings and gates. 3 storey, 3 bay front with plinth, first floor band, parapet, centre bay slightly advanced, end pilasters. To ground floor a verandah on slender cast iron supports with segmental arches and decorative spandrels. Central half glazed and panelled door with fanlight in semi-circular moulded stone surround, flanked by single canted bay windows with plain pilasters to the angles. To first floor 3 plain sashes with moulded stone architraves and cornices. The second floor has 3 similar windows but without cornices. To the left a lower 2 storey single bay recessed wing containing a doorway with moulded stone architrave and narrow hood supported on scrolled brackets. Above a sash window with plain apron and moulded architrave. To the right a single storey service wing with stepped parapet. Interior retains a fluted stick baluster stair with wreathed handrail, carved open string, fluted newel. Contemporary joinery with fluted architraves, roundels in the angles, semi-circular hall arch and moulded plaster cornice. In the front of the house a semi-circular brick ha-ha wall with limestone copings, supports a cast iron fence with octagonal panels, anthemia and pierced square piers to side gates.

Listing NGR: TF2575836668