Cavick House Including Front Screen Walls

Cavick House, built in the early 18th century, is a significant red brick house featuring painted quoins and a slate roof at the front, with a pantiled roof at the rear. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in nine bays, with the central five bays positioned closer together than the outer pairs. The entrance features an arched panelled door within a timber case that includes a pair of engaged Doric columns, decorative interlace on the imposts, and a floral frieze around the arch, topped with a pedimented hood. Arched cellar windows are visible at the plinth course, and there is a string course at the first floor. The windows are sashes dating from around 1750, set within flush frames, and the eaves cornice is timber with an egg-and-dart design. The hipped roof has two ridge stacks and an additional stack on each of the two-storey, single-bay hipped blocks extending from the returns. Screen walls extend in arcs from the returns, ending in rusticated gault brick piers. The rear elevation is simpler, featuring three distinct hipped blocks, one early 18th-century sash window with glazing bars, and four gabled dormers also with sashes. The main windows are two-light cross casements.

Inside, there is a central staircase hall with large-framed panelling and an open-string staircase that has two twisted balusters per tread and a moulded ramped handrail. The dado is panelled. The dining room to the north has panelled doors in moulded surrounds and a moulded cornice. The drawing room to the south features panelled doors with eared surrounds and high-quality plasterwork, including a marble fireplace with a mantel supported by a pair of scrolled consoles. The frieze depicts a central scene of a shepherd and dog chasing a wolf with a lamb, flanked by panels with relief floral motifs. The eared overmantel panel has decorated side scrolls and a frieze that ends in a broken pediment. Six wall panels are adorned with high-relief floral and fruit trails, topped with swags. The centre panel on the west wall includes a frieze with a bow and a quiver of arrows. The upper floor features many two-panelled doors with HL hinges. The roof structure consists of two tiers of butt purlins and collars.