The Manse And Attached Railings

The Manse is a vicarage, now a residential home, dating to circa 1780. It has undergone alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The front is constructed of granite ashlar, while the sides and rear are of rubble. The roof is slate, with gable ends, ridge coping tiles, and stacks in the centre valley. The building follows a double-depth plan; a large principal room occupies the front right, a smaller room the front left, with a rear service room to the left and a stairwell to the rear right. A two-story service wing was added to the rear right in the 19th century.

The front elevation is symmetrical, with six windows, the doorway being to the left of centre. All windows are 12-pane sashes with cills, segmental heads, and keystones. The third bay from the left features a four-panelled door with an overlight containing a lantern. The surround has a keystone and voussoirs, a cornice, and a detailed lantern within the overlight. Three hipped dormers, each featuring a two-light casement window with six panes per light, are present. A granite plinth supports spear-headed railings with urn finials to the principal rails and curved struts, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century.

On the right side, a remodelled section from the 19th century incorporates a ground-floor plate-glass sash with sidelights, a four-pane sash to the right, an oriel window on the first floor, a four-pane sash to the right, and two four-pane sashes at the second floor. The roofline is lower over the rear service rooms. A two-story addition with a pitched roof was added to the right, featuring a door and plate-glass sashes on the first floor. The rear wing was built in two phases, the first featuring a French window at ground floor and a four-pane sash at first floor. A later addition to the right end incorporates plate-glass sashes with brick segmental heads. The rear includes a 20th-century lean-to and additional windows, some with segmental brick heads. A 20th-century corridor has been added along the ground floor of the rear wing; a first floor window is a 16-pane sash. A gable end of the wing features an external stair leading to a 20th-century glazed door.

The entrance hall contains fine dado panelling with egg and dart mouldings, a segmental arch with a shield and coat of arms, fluted pilasters, and a panelled soffit, complemented by a second set of pilasters at the entrance to the rear service rooms. The stairwell boasts a fine 18th-century open-well staircase with turned balusters, a swept moulded handrail, plain square newels, rising to the attic level, and fielded panelling with egg and dart and bead and reel mouldings. The principal room on the ground floor right has complete wooden panelling and a fireplace with an eared architrave, swept torus frieze, and moulded mantel. Plaster modillion cornices and panelled shutters are also present. The front left room has been remodelled, featuring plain dado panelling and window shutters. The rest of the house has undergone considerable alteration in the 20th century.