Dorset House, attached Coach House and Walls is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1987. Vicarage, house.
Dorset House, attached Coach House and Walls
- WRENN ID
- solitary-footing-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1987
- Type
- Vicarage, house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorset House, together with its attached coach house and surrounding walls, was built as a vicarage in 1856, reportedly by G H Stokes. The building is constructed of coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings, featuring steeply pitched roofs covered in plain tiles. Gable ends have coping and moulded kneelers, and there are several ashlar stacks (two gable, one ridge, and one lateral).
The south elevation, with three bays, has an external stack to the left, displaying a recessed, segment-pointed panel to the ground floor with a chamfered surround and a two-light window with plate tracery. To the right is a four-light window with bar tracery, and to the right again a 20th-century sun lounge that is not considered a feature of architectural interest. A doorway and a three-light chamfered mullion window are centrally located. Above, there are two three-light chamfered mullion windows set within steep gables. The east bay is a slightly later addition. The west elevation features a three-light traceried gothic window, with an almost straight arch, and a gothic doorway with a double chamfered arch, incorporating a pair of half-glazed doors and a gothic overlight. A gabled, tower-like elevation above the doorway includes a panel with an inset shield and a single trefoil lancet. The side elevation of the porch to the left has five trefoiled lancets. The north elevation has a blocked porch entrance with a trefoiled lancet window, a small square window with an encircled quatrefoil, and a three-light chamfered mullion window. A large three-light staircase window with bar tracery is positioned above, flanked by two-light chamfered mullion windows in steep gables.
Inside, the house is typical of the period, with a staircase featuring a solid balustrade pierced by a frieze of quatrefoils. Panelled door surrounds are also characteristic. A fireplace paired with a window above is located below the external stack, with the flue diverted to the right, while other fireplaces are mainly renewed but retain a period style.
A chamfered, coped wall to the east encloses a courtyard accessed through a gothic archway beneath a stepped gable. The attached coach house to the east comprises three sections, with a steep, pyramid roof over the centre. It houses a central garage with a 20th-century lean-to extension, a segmental arched window above in a steeply gabled half dormer, a broad, segment-headed entrance with plank doors, a doorway, and a pair of segment-headed windows.
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