The Elms

WEST AYTON COCKRAH ROAD SE 9884 (east side) 8/38 The Elms GV II House. C18, altered and extended in 1837 (on datestone); further alterations in C20. Coursed sandstone with concrete slate roof. Originally central entry plan, 1½ rooms deep, later extended to the left and rear to form double-pile plan; lean-to extension to right added and raised later. 2-storey, 5-window front, with quoins to the front only. Left of centre 6- panel door beneath patterned overlight, with scroll-bracketed cornice on panelled pilasters. Three 16-pane sashes with stone sills and heavy lintels to right and one to the left. Five similar windows to first floor. Rear: radial-glazed staircase window with archivolt. Gable walls: radial-glazed attic windows with archivolts to light attic passage. Coped gables and shaped kneelers. End and left of centre stacks. Interior: open string straight staircase with moulded handrail, wreathed at foot, turned balusters and shaped cheekpieces. Ceilings to ground and first floor rooms to left have moulded plaster coving. The lean-to extension to right, partly raised c.1900, was probably a trap-shed, and has a wide blocked opening to the ground floor.

Listing NGR: SE9858084787