Rock House And Attached Front Pavement And Basement Area Railings And Gates

Rock House, now divided into two dwellings, was built around 1800. It is rendered with limestone dressings and the roof is not visible. The house has a double-depth plan and is designed in a late Georgian style. It is three storeys high with a basement, and has a five-window front. The symmetrical facade features pilaster strips and a moulded coping. A wide basement area has a stepped bridge constructed from Pennant stone, leading to an elliptical arched doorway. The doorway is topped with a metal fanlight and contains a two-leaf door with fluted panels in the lower half. A later colonnade of six slim Tuscan columns runs in front of the basement area, supporting a balcony on the first floor. A shallow, tented balcony is present on the second floor, supported by cast-iron brackets with flat stanchions. Both balconies are enclosed by wrought-iron railings featuring quatrefoils. The ground floor has eight-pane sash windows, while the first floor has French windows. The basement has plate-glass sashes. The interior was not inspected, but is reported to contain a lobby with a glazed screen and fanlight, leading to a rear open-well staircase. Subsidiary features include a raised Pennant pavement faced with Pennant rubble, and spear-headed wrought-iron railings and gates attached to the basement area.