Peeks

This house dates from around 1830 to 1840. It is built of plastered stone rubble or brick, with possible areas of cob construction, and has brick stacks with plastered brick chimney shafts, some topped with Victorian chimney pots. The slate roof is hipped at each end, returning to a double gable at the rear. The house is set into a double-depth plan, facing south with two main rooms and a lobby between. The main rooms are heated by projecting end stacks. The main entrance is located on the right or eastern side, between the front and rear rooms. A corridor leads from the doorway to a staircase situated between the outer rear rooms. A projecting stack is also present in the left rear room, with the wall between the projecting stacks being set flush with the fronts of the stacks. A third, smaller service room, with its own rear end stack, adjoins the rear of the right rear room. A 20th-century closet extension rises the full height of the building, located in the angle between the main block and the service room, at the rear of the stairs.

The symmetrical south front has a three-window arrangement. The central ground floor has French windows, which are not original. Flanking these are 20-pane (8/12) sashes to the ground floor and 12-pane sashes to the first floor. The front facade is lightly scored, imitating ashlar, and shows the outline of a missing verandah with a tented roof. Deep eaves are carried on shaped brackets. The rear has double gables. The door on the eastern end wall is likely from the late 19th century, with a panelled lower section and a glazed upper section featuring margin panes. The ground in front is paved with patterned tiles from a demolished conservatory. A 12-pane sash is located above the left side (towards the front), and another is present between the stacks on the opposite end wall. Casements with glazing bars are found elsewhere. The rear double gable is adorned with late 19th-century shaped bargeboards. The service room has a lower roofline. The interior retains much original detail.