Glanelly Rest (Exning House) Including Two Attached Gate Ways And Section Of Garden Wall To North

Glanelly Rest, originally known as Exning House, is a home for the elderly, built in 1734 and expanded in 1896. The original section of the house is seven bays wide, with the central three bays projecting slightly and topped by a pediment. Constructed from red brick with fine white pointing, it features limestone dressings, including unmoulded strings at the first and second floors, rusticated quoins, and a modillion eaves cornice. The roof is hipped and slate-covered, with red brick chimneys. Windows have moulded limestone frames and small-pane sashes, altered in the 19th century. A prominent limestone entrance porch has Corinthian columns supporting an enriched entablature with a segmental arched pediment; the glazed screen was inserted around 1896. Inside, a fine elliptical staircase rises through three floors, characterized by slender barley-sugar pattern balusters, scrolled tread-ends, and an open string. At the rear, a limestone entrance doorway leads to an early 19th-century half-glazed panelled door, accessed by limestone steps and ornamented wrought-iron railings. The 1896 extension, on two storeys with attics and basements, displays Renaissance influence near its connection to the original building, evolving into an Arts and Crafts style towards the kitchen area. It uses red brick with slated and hipped plaintiled roofs, and incorporates a variety of casement and sash windows. A two-story entrance porch shelters a pair of half-glazed oak panelled doors. The dining room exhibits fireplace and panelling characteristic of Philip Webb’s work. Two fine mid-18th-century gateways are attached to the rear; they have paired red brick gatepiers topped with limestone cappings, one pair surmounted by limestone urns, and wrought-iron gates with side panels and crown motifs. A 40-meter section of high mid-18th-century red brick garden wall extends to the north, with a short return southward. The building is designated Grade II* for being a rare and largely complete example of a country house designed by Philip Webb.