Cosgrove Hall And Attached Office Wing

This is a country house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, with a hipped slate roof and stone internal stacks. The original layout was an "H" shape. The front of the house has a seven-window range. The central three bays are recessed and have been filled with a projecting two-storey extension with a flat roof and a stone-coped parapet, likely built in the early 19th century. A single-storey porch is centrally positioned, featuring double-leaf panelled doors with an overlight, flanked by Doric pilasters supporting a simple entablature. It has a moulded stone cornice and blocking cornice. The windows are 12-pane sashes with moulded stone sills and surrounds, incorporating keyblocks. Other features include a wave-moulded plinth, Corinthian pilasters in two orders defining the bays, and deep coved and moulded wood and plaster eaves. Four straight-headed dormers light the attic space. The right side elevation and garden front are similar in design, with windows and Doric pilasters. A central glazed door leads to the garden and has a moulded stone surround. The recessed centre of the garden front originally had a pediment over the central bay. A two-storey, double-depth service wing projects from the left end of the front of the house. This wing is constructed of coursed squared limestone with a hipped plain tile roof and brick stacks. The service wing dates from the mid to late 18th century and features irregular glazing with 12-pane sashes on the right side, facing the forecourt; elsewhere, it has 1- and 2-light casement windows, all with wood lintels. Inside, a prominent open-well staircase has column-on-vase balusters, with three to each tread and spiral fluting to the vases, carved ends to the treads, and a mahogany ramped handrail. Reeded wood door surrounds are present, along with modillion plaster cornices. Various fireplaces are found within the house, including 18th-century marble examples, likely brought in later, and a 16th-century stone fireplace in the garden hall, also brought-in, displaying a Tudor arched head, carved spandrels and brattishing. Late 16th or early 17th century panelling and an overmantel are located in a room of the service wing, having been brought in from elsewhere.