Grattans Manor Including Adjoining Outbuildings To Rear

A small country mansion, dating to the early 19th century, with extensions added in the late 19th century. The building is constructed of plastered rubble, with some brick in the extension, and has rubble and brick stacks with plastered brick chimney shafts and several late 19th-century cream-colored, square-section chimney pots. The roof is slate, with a separate hipped roof to the right-hand addition.

The main block has a double depth plan, incorporating a central entrance hall, a rear staircase, and a front and back room on either side. The front rooms are served by end stacks, while the rear rooms are served by a rear lateral stack. Behind each rear stack are rear service blocks set at right angles. Two rooms were added to the right (east) end. The principal south front is symmetrical, originally five bays, with a recessed central bay featuring a large six-panel door with panelled reveals and an open porch with fluted Doric columns on Portland stone steps. An applied flatwork frieze of foliate decoration is included within a late 19th-century, zinc-roofed, seven-bay verandah that extends across the entire front, supported by a series of iron posts with glazed ends. Timber spandrels and end friezes feature flatwork decoration. Windows are sash windows with sills, 20 panes to the ground floor and 16 panes to the first floor, set in plain openings. A continuous deep eave with small bracketed gutters runs along the entire front. The left and right-hand returns have a similar two-window arrangement, each with blind front windows and rear French windows under 16-pane sashes. The gable end of the coach house features a plastered surface with a large round-headed recess. The rear elevation has a tall, round-headed sash window with glazing bars leading to the staircase. The rear service blocks are gable-ended, each with a ground floor 20-pane sash (10/10 panes) and a tall, round-headed recess flanked by horizontal-sliding sashes with glazing bars. Original service doors are on the inner sides of the rear blocks, each with plain panelled reveals and plain doorcases.

The interior retains original plasterwork and joinery, including an open string geometric staircase with stick balusters, a mahogany handrail, a curtail step, and a scrolled wreath. The stables and coach house face into a rear courtyard. The stables feature two stable doors, each with a small window to the left, a loading hatch over the left door, and a harness room at the right end with a window above the door. The coach house includes 20th-century casements and a large carriageway at the right end, the rear of which is blocked.