Edge House

Edge House is a large detached house dating to the 17th century, with alterations and extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed from squared coursed limestone, with near-ashlar facing on the south front, and has stone slate roofs, with some concrete tile. The building likely originated as a 17th-century L-shaped house, but has since been extended and largely enveloped on the south and east sides.

The road-facing elevation is complex, comprising several different blocks. The left-hand block features a hipped roof, cornice, and parapet with a 20th-century rebuilt stack and a corner pilaster. A good closed pediment is also present. An Ionic porch contains a fielded six-panel door with a transom light and small arched lights to the returns. To the same plane is a 17th-century gable with a blocked two-light window in the gable, above a two-light window with transom. At ground floor is a blocked two-light window, with an original position for a door, and two small 20th-century single lights; all the original windows have stopped drips. A further gable step forwards, containing a blocked casement above a two-light window at first floor, followed by a short section with eaves over a twelve-pane and six-pane sash at eaves level, above a plain casement. The final section to the right, stepped forward and likely a service wing, has a 20th-century part-glazed door. The main return elevation, to the left, displays a parapet and cornice to a two-storey, three-window front, with four-pane sash windows; the central windows are narrower. A plain mid-string is broken at the centre, possibly indicating a former door position.

The garden front, to the south, is in two sections: the left section is hipped and two-storey with two windows, featuring a six-pane and a four-pane sash at each level. The principal block has a cornice and parapet, and is two-storey with three windows: the left window is a four-pane sash over a flat-roofed canted bay with four-pane sashes; the centre has an arched opening over a glazed door, both with margin bars; the right window is a two-storey canted bay with a two-pane over four-pane sash configuration. A further gabled wing lies to the left, partially built into rising ground.

Inside, the early gabled range features a series of transverse beams with chamfers to run-out stops, and a small 19th-century stick baluster staircase. There are variations in floor level towards the upper (west) end of the house. The later 19th-century block includes a stone dog-leg staircase with a decorative wood balustrade and mahogany handrail. The segmental bays have lift-up shutters contained within a seat at low level.