Kinnersley House

Kinnersley House is a house, originally a pair, built around 1860 by Samuel Pountney Smith. It features an ashlar facade with a brick rear and a slate mansard roof, which has sections laid in scallop bands of contrasting Westmorland slate. Designed in the French Baroque style, the building has two storeys with attics, each house having a three-window range. Side entrances are framed by architraves with entablatures supported by console brackets, and there is a large stair window next to the gable return. The front elevation includes paired central canted bay windows, one of which has a wrought-iron balustrade that replaced the original cast-iron work. The outer windows are four-pane sash windows, with single-light windows flanking the entrance block. The roof features three dormers and is stepped down over the entrance block on both sides. Window heads and the cornice are made of contrasting red sandstone. At the rear, there are service stairs in projecting towers, and a basement area for service rooms.

Inside, the entrance halls reflect an early 18th-century local style, with wall panelling and staircases that have finely turned balusters, a swept moulded rail, and carved tread ends. The left-hand unit has dado panelling with fluted pilasters. Kinnersley House is an interesting and early example of applying a local traditional and revived carpentry style to a Domestic Revival design.