Anderton House

Anderton House is a house now divided for multiple occupation, located in Millbrook. It consists of a mid-19th-century refronting of an earlier building that includes some 18th-century alterations, with a mid-19th-century cottage range attached to the right and a boatshed, now converted to a house, also of mid-19th-century date attached to the end right. Some later alterations have been made. The building is constructed of rubble, rendered on the front elevations, with the rear lined out. It has a slate roof with gable end stacks set on the pitch to both front and rear ranges.

The main house is of double-depth plan with a central passage and stairwell to the rear, principal rooms to the right and left of the front elevation, and service rooms to the rear with a service stair to the rear right. The cottage is attached at a right angle to the right side, and the boatshed to the right end.

The front elevation of the main house is 2 storeys with a symmetrical 3-window arrangement. At first floor, all windows are 4-pane sashes with sidelights and keystones. The ground floor has 2 canted bays with similar sashes and modillion cornices, a central glazed porch with attached columns and modillion cornice, and a half-glazed door to the left side. There is a plinth and band course over the ground floor windows, and two 3-light dormers. The left side has a 20th-century greenhouse attached, with central 2-light 20th-century windows between flues and a string course.

Attached to the right is the cottage range, 2 storeys with a gable end to the front, constructed in limestone rubble with a gable end stack. It has a 20th-century French window and 4-pane sash above, with brick segmental heads. A further range is stepped forward to the right, 2 storeys, with the lower part having a hipped roof. Attached to the end right is the boatshed, with a corrugated asbestos roof and some remaining slates, rendered. This has 20th-century windows, 3 at first floor, a French window and window at ground floor, and 2 blocked loading doors under the eaves at the right end.

The rear of the main house is rendered and lined out, with 3 windows of varied types, a glazed porch to the centre, and an external stair to the first floor. The gable end of the cottage to the left has a glazed porch and single light, with a 20th-century window at first floor. The inner side of the cottage has 3 windows: ground floor with a 16-pane sash to the right and left of a panelled and glazed door, and first floor with 20th-century windows including a 12-pane sash and 16-pane sash. A brick-faced connecting block to the left has 2 windows, all 4-pane sashes, with a central plain door with wooden hood; this is a later 19th-century infill. The rear of the boatshed to the left has 20th-century windows except for the ground floor right, which has a 12-pane sash in an exposed box with thick glazing bars. The end left has 4 double doors and blocked openings under the eaves, with the gable end weatherboarded at upper level and a blocked entrance at ground floor.

The interior of the main house features a central entrance hall with a stair to the rear right. The stair is an open-well stair dating to approximately 1820, with turned and knopped balusters set in triplets, a wreathed moulded handrail, and a moulded string. A half-glazed door with Gothic glazing opens to the rear of the hall.

The front room to the left has a 4-panelled door and a coved cornice with shields. The chimneypiece is in Gothic style with a 4-centred arch, the mantel supported on corbels with a quatrefoil frieze, and faced in marble. The front right room has a similar chimneypiece. At first floor, the room to the rear left has a chimneypiece with fluted pilasters and a fretwork frieze below a moulded mantel of the Kingsand/Cawsand type. The rest of the interior was not inspected.