Sundial House And Attached Railings

Sundial House is an early 18th-century house that was extended in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and coursed rubble, topped with an old plain-tile roof and brick gable stacks. The building is designed in an L-shape and has two storeys plus attics. The symmetrical front features three windows in a Baroque style, with giant pilasters and a moulded stone cornice beneath a plain parapet. There is a central niche on the first floor with a segmental head and keystone above a doorway that has a moulded stone architrave flanked by pilasters. The double segmental-headed windows and stone canopy on columns date from around 1850. The roof includes two hipped dormers and is flanked by large projecting stacks, one of which has a small dovecote at the rear. The rear of the main range has two original segmental-headed openings with later sash windows, while the rear wing features a half-hipped roof with a heavy plaster cove and a large stone sundial on the gable wall. Inside, the main rooms are adorned with fielded panelling arching over original openings, with one room finished in plaster and another in wood. One fireplace has an eared architrave, while another in the rear wing features a wide stone wedge lintel and a bread oven. The 18th-century staircase is also notable. The front of the house is enclosed by cast iron railings that run between stone piers with moulded caps and bases.