The Towers Including Tower Cottage And Attached Wall

This is a large house dating from the early 18th century, built by a local contractor named Stephens. It was altered and extended in the mid-19th century, on the site of an earlier house known as the Refuge. The earliest part of the house is two storeys and attics, originally with five windows facing south and three facing west. The south front is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stone coping, quoins, and a band between the floors. A mathematical tile and cement castellated parapet, previously present, has been removed. A hipped slate roof has three modern dormers, and two unusual, cemented, octagonal turreted chimneys added in the mid-19th century. The windows on the south front are sashes within moulded wooden architraves, featuring only vertical glazing bars and horns to the first floor. The west front has a deep stone plinth, with a ground floor of red brick and a first floor of Roman cement over brickwork, incorporating a brick stringcourse. It has three sash windows. Tower Cottage is a stone extension with red brick dressings and altered windows. The north front is entirely faced in Roman cement, and the east front is faced with Roman cement over stonework. An attached mid-19th century wing in a Gothic style projects from the east front. This wing begins with a stone crow-stepped gable featuring mullioned windows with dripmould, and behind it stands a tall, two-storey, cement-rendered tower with an octagonal turret and clustered cement chimneys. A stone porch, with a four-centred arched door covered by a leaden canopy resembling an upturned boat, is attached to the wall. The north front of this wing has a two-storey splayed bay with a crenellated parapet, featuring three sashes with glazing bars to the first floor and casements to the ground floor. A coursed rubble stone wall, approximately six feet high, extends from the south front, featuring a moulded stone parapet. This parapet incorporates two four-centred arched stone archways with hood mouldings; the right-hand one appears to be from the 17th century, while the other is a 19th-century copy. Inside the house, there is a staircase with turned newels and dolphin carvings. The interior has not been inspected.