Raspit Hill

The house at Raspit Hill was built between 1924 and 1925 by M H Bailie-Scott and Beresford for Mrs Fraser. It is constructed of brown brick, with some timber framing and tile hanging, and has plain tiled roofs. The main block is oriented east-west, with two two-storey half-hipped wings to the left, a two-storey gabled porch with a boarded door and strap hinges to the left of centre, a hipped staircase wing to the right, and a further half-hipped return wing at the extreme right. There is a projecting, single-storey catslide-roofed wing to the left, ending in a taller hipped-roof arch with a wooden bell-cote leading into the garden. A garage is located to the right, connected by a two-bay loggia-passage with a Tudor arch leading into the garden, and a wooden bressumer supporting a double-pitch roof. The garage is built of red brick, with a tile-hung gable to the left and a plain tiled roof, hipped with a single dormer to the right. It includes an attic, with two casements and large garage doors. The south front features a hipped, plain tiled roof with two lower hipped return wings, and a lower wing to the right, recessed, with a further hipped return wing over a columned sun-loggia. The recessed centre has three windows, with an aerial over a stone door surround and a glazed door. A single-storey splayed bay is present on the left-hand return wing, and a two-storey splayed bay on the right-hand wing. Inside, the passage, staircase, and upstairs corridor are panelled in light-coloured oak. Interior timber framing is visible in a space accessed through two arches from the upstairs corridor above the porch. A three-flight square-newel wooden staircase has turned balusters. The library features a four-centred arched stone fireplace, while the small drawing room and a spare room upstairs have fireplaces with inset Delft tiles. The dining room is pilastered, with a ribbed ceiling and a Neo-Georgian fireplace. All casements are individually made with original metalwork. An inner front door is panelled, with a decorative wrought-iron latch. Wooden sneck door-latches are used throughout.