Tracy Park

Tracy Park

House, now hotel. The building has a 17th-century nucleus with an early 19th-century front, and was substantially added to and altered in the late 19th century. The tower and various additions are dated 1859, 1863, and 1871, made by Charles Rex Davy when he owned the property. Further additions and alterations were carried out around 1920 and later. The front and sides are of limestone ashlar with slate roofs, while the rear is of rubble largely rebuilt. The plan is irregular, with a classical-style front and Tudor Gothic detailing to the rear, possibly incorporating part of the original 17th-century work in the rear wall.

The south front presents two storeys with seven windows, all of plate glass sashes in plain reveals. The centre three bays break forward, and a central tetrastyle Doric portico is set on a plinth with steps, entablature, and pediment. The tympanum contains a lamb and flag with the inscription "in hoc signo vinces". A balustrade sits above the portico, and four engaged columns stand to its rear. The 20th-century door has a fanlight and multi-pane sidelights. Large buttresses surmounted by crosses rise between the outer pairs of windows on each side. A recessed panel lies between ground and first floor windows, with a cill band at first floor level. The cornice, parapet, and balustrade are divided by dies with wreaths and swags.

To the left is a single storey 19th-century addition with a central glazed door beneath a triple keystone and pediment. Multi-pane cross windows flank the door, with cornice and high parapet above. Attached to its left is a lower single storey block dating to around 1920, featuring an arcade of eight Doric columns on a high plinth, divided by eight-pane lights, with cornice and high parapet. A two-storey addition set back to the right has an internal date of 1871.

The left return features a moulded doorway with a 20th-century French window, two Doric columns to a porch, entablature, pediment, balcony, and balustrade. A triple window at first floor level has a cornice and parapet above. To the right, the first floor has a triple window with an apron carved with leaves dated 1864, while the ground floor has a triple window with a central round-headed light. A modillion cornice runs across this section.

An extremely elaborate tower stands to the right, distinguished by a parapet wall of carved twined rope and carved corner dies. Its central top room features Ionic pilasters at the corners, an enriched pulvinated frieze, modillion cornice, and a large finial.

A two-storey block to the right is in Tudor Gothic style, built of rubble with stone quoins and varied windows. A canted bay rises through two storeys with three three-light windows at first floor level, their heads formed as trefoils.

The left return extends to three storeys with three windows to the left and a canted bay through two storeys featuring 19th-century ovolo mullion and transom windows. All other windows are sashes except for the ground floor right, which is 20th-century. First floor windows have architrave and entablature. A central six-panelled door with overlight and flanking pilasters with entablature opens at ground level.

The rear elevation is three storeys with five windows. Three bays to the right have three small gables with ball finials, each gable containing an oval bull's eye with hood mould. The windows are varied, including two canted bays through two storeys and an attached projecting bay with a fifteen-light mullion and transom window, all with leaded lights. The ground and first floor to the right have six-light ovolo mullion and transom windows with relieving arches; others feature similar three-light casements. String courses run across the elevation, and two datestones bearing Davy coats of arms are positioned: to the left dated 1863 with the inscription "spes mea Christus erit", and to the right dated 1859 with "auspice Christo" (the latter inscription also appears at Toghill House Farmhouse).

The entrance hall features a panelled ceiling and cornice, with Doric columns on plinths. An arch with a reeded soffit leads to an open-well stair with shaped string and wreathed handrail; an oval lantern lights the stairwell from above. Six-panelled doors open at landing level.

The front right room has an elaborate cornice with Vitruvian scroll and a wooden fireplace with fluted angled pilasters. An alcove addition dated 1871 carries Lombard frieze decoration. Another front right room features an elaborate cornice with egg and dart ornament and rosettes.

The kitchen to the rear contains a large stone fireplace and overmantel with masonic emblems.