Town House And Attached Outbuilding

This is a house with an attached outbuilding, likely originating in the 16th century, with an extension dating to the 17th century and later alterations. The house is timber-framed with brick and plaster infill, partly built on brick foundations. It has Welsh slate roofs with sandstone rubble and brick stacks. The building has an irregular plan, consisting of a main range aligned roughly north-east/south-west, with cross-wings at each end, and a subsidiary block attached to the southern cross-wing. The house has a cellar, two storeys, and an attic. The north-west elevation features a 1:2:1 window arrangement with 2- and 3-light 19th-century casements. A 2-light, segmentally-headed casement is located to the left of the north-west elevation, another 2-light casement is to the right of the centre part, and another to the centre of the right wing. A timber-framed lean-to with a glazed entrance door is positioned at the south-west end. An outbuilding, probably dating to the 17th century, is attached to the rear of the lean-to and the south corner of the southern cross-wing. It is timber-framed with a brick plinth and infill, with two structural bays and two storeys. A 2-light late 20th-century casement is located to the left of the centre on the south-west elevation. The outbuilding features corner posts and a main wall-post with angle struts to ties and wall-plates. The interior is believed to contain a 17th-century staircase, as reported in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (Vol I, p 197). It is thought that the cross-wings were originally gabled before the roof structures were altered.