Old Landscore

This is a house, dating to circa 1812, built on the site of a previous farmhouse. The exterior is painted roughcast with a hipped, double-pitched thatched roof, featuring four brick stacks on the side walls. The house has a double-depth plan. The west-facing garden front has a two-window arrangement, and the north entrance return has a single window. The first floor has late 19th-century, horned 2/2-pane sash windows. The ground floor features French windows with margin panes, all under a late 19th-century verandah with timber columns and a corrugated roof, which extends to the north side. This verandah forms a porch over an original circa 1812 doorcase, with reeded pilasters supporting an entablature above a six-panel door and an overlight with diamond-shaped panes; there is a 6/6-pane sash window above the door. Three similar windows are located at the rear. Inside, the staircase between the two ranges on the right has stick balusters, a painted mahogany rail, and a turned newel post. A reeded architrave with plain corner blocks and panelled double doors is found between the two ground-floor rooms on the right. A historical note references land transactions from 1715 and 1758, and the house is traditionally said to have been built for Admiral Tobin, son-in-law of Lord Nelson, who allegedly stayed here with Lady Hamilton.