Rampyndene

Rampyndene is a significant and distinguished house of moderate size, built in 1699 by a timber merchant, John Butler. While dated 1699, the design echoes architectural styles from at least thirty years earlier. The house is timber-framed and originally faced with red brick and grey headers on the ground floor, with tiles above. A bellcast roof between these levels partially conceals the moulded bressummer above the ground floor. The eaves feature a moulded wooden modillion cornice. A steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof is topped with two tall brick chimneys. The windows are casements, each with four square sections, wooden mullions, transoms, and small square leaded panes. The central bay with windows projects slightly, and the bressummer rises higher, merging with the stepped flat hood above the doorway. The doorway is supported by scroll brackets with a curved pediment over, containing elaborate plasterwork depicting two doves, a cherub, and flowers. Flanking the doorway are side lights, and above a rectangular fanlight sits a double door of four moulded panes. The interior includes a contemporary staircase and a plaster ceiling inscribed "John Butler built this 1699." The house has two storeys and an attic, with five windows and four hipped dormers.