Blackdown House, And Former Dairy Range

Blackdown House and the former dairy range is a large house set in its grounds, dating from the late 17th century, with a datestone of P.M.I. 1697 above the south door. The house underwent rebuilding in the 19th century, which included an extension to the west. It features dressed stone walls and hipped slate roofs at the right end. The 19th-century extension has a gabled roof to the south on the left side. There is one stone stack with a cornice, located where the former left gable was, and a rendered stack at the right-hand eaves. The building is two storeys tall and has five windows on the original front (17th century) south elevation. These windows are 2-light stone mullions with ovolos, fitted with 20th-century metal casements and lead lights. A continuous label runs over both the ground and first floors, with each end returned. The gabled dormers are also 2-lights and hollow-chamfered. The former front door features stone jambs and a depressed arch within a square head, topped by a stone pediment supported by volute brackets. The door itself has four fielded panels with a glass light above. The late 19th-century gabled wing on the left has a 4-light stone mullion with a high cross-transom and a returned label above, while the first floor has one 2-light window. The west wall displays the Pinney crest, which consists of three cross-crosslets fitché and a gauntleted hand holding another. The rear of the house, which serves as the current front entrance, is 2½ storeys high with irregularly spaced windows of 2- and 4-lights (ovolos) and separate returned labels above. There is a front vestibule in the angle, dating from the 20th century, made of rubble stone with stone jambs for the door. The former dairy range is a gabled brick structure with slate roofs and includes one inserted brick stack.