Rodney House And Attached Walls And Railings

Rodney House, now a college, is a house dating from the late 18th century with a 19th-century porch. It is built of limestone ashlar and features gable stacks and a slate double-pile roof, showcasing a late Georgian style. The building has three storeys and a basement, with a three-window range and a one-window porch on the left side. The symmetrical front includes a rusticated ground floor leading to a plat band, a bracketed cornice, and a parapet with swept coped gables. The left-hand entrance porch, which spans the full width, is from the 19th century and has a rusticated plinth, cornice, and parapet. The central doorway is flanked by pilasters and features a modillion cornice, a panelled overlight, and a six-panel door. The windows on either side have pilasters and horned six-over-six pane sashes. The front has plate-glass sashes and wrought-iron basket balconies on the first floor, although the railings have been removed. Inside, the entrance hall features an oval lantern and an elliptical arch leading to a stone central lateral dogleg winder stair with stick balusters, a curtail, and a cast-iron newel. The interior also has reeded architraves and panelled doors. The property includes attached walls and spear-headed railings with urn finials as subsidiary features.