The Power House

SP 03 NW DUMBLETON DUMBLETON VILLAGE

2/74 The Power House

GV II

House, by same architect as Dairy House (q.v.). Early C20. Red brick, mostly pebbledashed, and close-studded and decorative timber framing to the first floor; large stone slate roof tiles, corrugated asbestos roof to outhouse, brick stacks. Rectangular plan to house with outhouse at right angles to rear, formerly housing generators supplying electricity to Dumbleton Hall on the north side. House: 2 storeys. Outhouse: single storey. South front: brick plinth and pilasters to the ground floor. Gable projects forwards to the left with a 4-light sliding sash to the ground floor; 3-light sliding sash above. Flat-roofed porch with an early C20 part-glazed plank door to the right of the gable. Five-light canted bay with sliding sash windows to the north-east facing gable. Jetty lit by 3-light sliding sash above. Axial and off-the-ridge stacks. Tall segmental-headed windows and double- width entrances with brick dressings to the outhouse. All windows with glazing bars. North-east gable end of house hipped. Axial and off-the-ridge stacks. Interior not inspected. Striking and virtually unaltered example of early C20 estate architecture.

Listing NGR: SP0160635856