Timewells House Including Cider House Adjoining To North East And Front Garden Walls

Timewells House is a house with origins in the 17th century, significantly remodelled and enlarged in the early 19th century, with later additions from the late 19th century, circa 1920, and some modernization circa 1980. The house is constructed of plastered stone rubble, possibly with brick in places; it has stone rubble or brick stacks topped with 19th and 20th century brick, and a slate roof. Its plan is L-shaped. The main block, facing south-east, has a three-room layout with the principal rooms flanking an entrance hall containing the main staircase. Gable-end stacks serve the main rooms. A late 19th century single-room extension with an end stack is located to the rear of the left-hand room. A kitchen wing projects at right angles to the rear of the right-hand room; the axial kitchen stack was demolished at ground floor level to enlarge the kitchen into the circa 1920 extension. A single-room service wing, set back from the main front and aligned with the main block, is present on the right end. The cider house projects forward as far as the road, on an oblique angle to the main block. While the service wing, kitchen, and possibly the right-hand room of the front block have 17th-century origins, insufficient 17th-century fabric remains to determine the original layout of the house. The cider house is likely early 19th century, contemporary with the rebuilding of the main house. The two-storey main block has a symmetrical three-window front with ground-floor 16-pane sashes and first-floor 4-pane sashes, all with horns and dating from circa 1986. A central doorway features an early 19th century six-panel door behind a contemporary cast iron trellis porch. The cider house to the right has a central doorway with a 19th-century six-panel door and is gable-ended, with another doorway and a first-floor casement window facing the road. The interior is largely the result of the early 19th-century rebuilding, with extensive joinery and detailing from that period, including an open string stick baluster staircase. The kitchen retains a 17th-century crossbeam with deep soffit chamfers, and similar beams are present in the service block, though these have step stops. Roofs were not inspected except over the service block and cider house, both of which may be 18th or 19th century. The front garden is enclosed by a high stone rubble wall which incorporates a pair of square section gateposts with ball finials.