Dosthill House

TAMWORTH

SK20SW BLACKWOOD ROAD, Dosthill 670-1/4/21 (West side (off)) 09/11/72 Dosthill House (Formerly Listed as: DOSTHILL ROAD Dosthill House (or Dosthill Hall))

II

House with attached pavilions and wall. Late C18, probably with mid C18 core. Stuccoed brick with ashlar dressings; hipped slate roof with buff brick stacks. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys; 2-window range with attached 2-window range breaking forward to right. Sill bands to all floors and narrow top cornice. Entrance: tetrastyle porch has Doric columns with fluted capitals and Ionic entablature with fluted frieze which has swags and paterae to central forward break under pediment; half-glazed door flanked by 8-pane sashes. Windows have 12-pane sashes, 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor. Left return has 2 full-height canted bays with French windows to ground floor, 12-pane sashes to 1st floor and 9-pane sashes to 2nd floor. Right return has 2 wings, one with hipped tile roof, flanking stair window. Rear has varied fenestration and 2-storey wing with gabled pitching hole and single-storey range to right. Pavilions to right (east) of entrance front have pilaster strips, sill and impost bands to round-headed windows, and pedimental gables with end stacks, that to left with blind windows; stone-coped wall between has central entrance with paired timber gates and flanking round-headed entrances, one blocked. INTERIOR: dog-leg stair to right of hall has open string and turned balusters; some rooms have cornices and shuttered windows.

Listing NGR: SK2121700925