Mirables

Mirables is a country house with origins dating back to the 17th century. It was extended in the early 19th century and again in the mid to late 19th century. The building features ashlar and coursed random stone rubble, topped with clay plain tile roofs and stone coped gables, along with brick axial stacks. The east wing, which is from the 17th century, was extended to the south in the early 19th century. The larger western part of the house is Victorian, primarily dating from around 1860.

The exterior is two storeys with an attic and presents an asymmetrical six-bay gabled north front. The entrance is located in the slightly projecting gabled fifth bay. The third bay features a large polygonal tower with a steeply pitched roof and lantern, while the second bay has a large wooden balcony on the first floor. The leftmost bay serves as a small service wing. The windows include various mullion-transom designs, with some featuring hoodmoulds. The tower windows are designed with Gothic arches, string courses, and lancets beneath corbelled eaves.

On the south garden front, there are six gabled bays, with a projecting cross-wing on the left that includes a gabled two-storey porch. Bays four and five form a projecting wing with a crenellated parapet, a large wooden verandah, and a balcony on the gable end, along with a wooden conservatory in the angle topped with a lantern. The right bay has a canted front with sash windows lacking glazing bars, and the right return features stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds, along with another large wooden balcony on the first floor.

Inside, the east wing contains a chamfered ceiling beam with hollow-step stops and early 19th-century joinery. The rest of the joinery is Victorian, featuring Victorian chimneypieces and a large late 19th-century mahogany staircase with a moulded string, turned balusters, and panelled newels.