St Helens

St. Helens is a house dating to the late 16th or early 17th century, with an early 18th-century addition, a mid-to-late 18th-century front range, and rear and 19th-century additions. The front range is channelled and rendered with a plain tile roof. It stands on a brick plinth and has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar. The central bay projects slightly, featuring moulded imposts flanking the first-floor windows and raised bases above the plinth suggesting Doric pilasters. A shallow, moulded stucco band runs between the ground and first-floor windows, interrupted by the central bay, and continues above the first-floor windows, extending across the central bay. The building has a plain stone-coped parapet, with a raised panel to the central bay. The roof is hipped, with rear stacks to the left and right, and three hipped and corniced dormers. The front has a regular five-window façade of recessed 12-pane sashes. A raised panel is positioned above the central ground-floor window. A later bow window with a blind box sits on the left gable end. There is no visible doorway on the front. A late 16th or early 17th century timber-framed rear wing extends to the right, with a doorway in the long right side. A short, early 18th century single-storey stone addition is attached to the right side of the wing, forming an angle with the main range. It has thick glazing bars to a rear sash window and a gable end stack to the right. A rear range, dating to circa 1890, is situated to the left. The interior, only partially inspected, reveals ovolo-moulded beams and hollow-chamfered joists within a rear ground-floor room. A staircase is situated beside the right stack. An early 18th century niche lies behind later 18th-century panelling in the short right addition. The front range contains two panelled and corniced rooms, each with a fireplace.