Church House Including Attached House To Rear And Railings

Church House is a house located on North Church Street in Bakewell, dating from the late 18th century, with early and mid-19th century alterations and additions. The building is constructed of deeply-coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings and features stone slate and concrete tile roofs.

The exterior consists of three storeys with a cellar and a two-window range, along with a two-storey, four-window range to the rear. The front has large quoins, and the garden front features a two-storey canted bay window with ashlar surrounds to large 2/2 sashes on the ground floor and large 8/8 sashes above. The hipped stone slate roof has rolled-lead ridges. The second bay has a single-storey canted bay window with 2/2 sashes and a slate roof. Above this is an 8/8 sash with a projecting stone sill and raised surround, along with a 4/8 sash on the second floor, treated similarly. The building has plain kneelers and ashlar gable copings, as well as ashlar end stacks with bands.

On the right return, there is a plinth with a cellar opening and evidence of a blocked round-arched doorway beneath a 6/6 sash. The main entrance to the rear wing features a 6-panel door (with the top two panels glazed) in an ashlar surround, complete with consoles supporting a moulded stone hood. Each floor on the right side has a 3/3 sash.

There is an attached mid-19th century house at the rear, which is built of tooled gritstone and limestone rubble. This section has a central boarded door with a plain overlight in an ashlar surround, flanked by 3/3 sashes with projecting sills and ashlar surrounds. The main door to North Church Street is accessed via early 19th century stone steps leading to a platform with a decorative iron handrail. The interior has not been inspected.