Belvedere

Belvedere is a house dating from the late 18th century, which has been retained as a service wing to a mid to late 19th century house built by Richard Floyd. The structure is made of granite and killas rubble with granite dressings, topped with scantle slate roofs featuring gable ends, projecting verges, pierced cusped wooden barge boards, and apex finials on the 19th century section. There are brick axial chimneys with two diagonally set shafts over the main roof crossing, a lateral brick chimney on the rear wall of the right-hand room, and another brick chimney on the left-hand rear gable of the 18th century part.

The layout consists of a 19th century four-room cruciform plan added to a three-room L-plan 18th century house, which is connected to a range of outbuildings. The 18th century house is located at the rear left corner of the 19th century house. The 19th century house features front and rear rooms that share a central stack, with a pantry on the left and a room on the right, both connected to a rear stack shared by a lean-to in the angle behind. The central cross wing is taller, with a full-height first floor and an attic room at the front, while the wings on either side contain chambers that extend partly into the roof spaces.

The exterior is two storeys high, with a 1:1:1 bay west entrance front. The doorway is located in the right-hand bay, while the central bay has a wide ground floor window, a nearly as wide first floor window, and a square attic window in the gable. The left and right wings have blind front windows. Above the central ground floor window, the name "Belvedere" is inscribed in relief, similar to a plaque for Floyd on the rear gable. Except for a 20th century window on the first floor of the front, all windows are old one, two, or three light casements with glazing bars, and those in the principal rooms have transoms. The pantry window on the left gable end features louvres on the side lights. Although the interior was not inspected, the house is noted for its interesting design, resembling a 19th century estate lodge but larger, and cleverly retaining the earlier house to create a harmonious group.