Harleston Including Outbuildings Adjoining West

This is a house with associated outbuildings dating to circa 1830-40. The main house is constructed of plastered stone rubble, with an asbestos slate hipped roof and deep eaves. Chimneys are situated on the side and rear walls, featuring rendered shafts and moulded cornices. The house follows a double-depth plan, comprising two principal front rooms, a stair hall between them, and service rooms to the rear. A kitchen wing extends at the rear left, returning as a service range around a small courtyard. A lofted outbuilding, likely used as stables, stands on the right side of this courtyard, also with a hipped slate roof. External stone stairs are visible on the end wall of the stables, adjacent to the yard entrance. An asbestos slate-roofed verandah extends across the front of the house, supported by slender wooden Tuscan columns, with one column on the left-hand end having been replaced. The front facade is symmetrical, displaying three windows on each level. Window types include early 19th-century 16-pane sashes; larger sashes are on the ground floor, and a narrower 12-pane sash is centrally positioned on the first floor. A central doorway features an early 19th-century six-panel door and rectangular overlight with margin panes. The left-hand elevation presents an asymmetrical arrangement of 19th-century casements and a 20th-century Fench window. The right-hand return elevation, facing the road, is also asymmetrical, displaying 19th-century sashes and casements with glazing bars. The rear wing’s service range incorporates the courtyard and stables, with pentice roofs supported by timber posts along two sides of the yard. The interior, viewed from the front doorway, features an open-well staircase with an open string, stick balusters, and a mahogany handrail with a wreathed column curtail newel. The entrance hall exhibits a modillion plaster cornice and original panelled doors within moulded doorcases. There are panelled internal window shutters, plaster cornices, and other 19th-century joinery, such as chimney-pieces, likely remains. The building holds group value in its design and detailing.