Town End House And The Courts

MAIN STREET 1. 5166 (west side) Town End House and The Courts (formerly listed as Town End House with gatepiers attached at left hand side) SD 6178 NW 5/55 12.2.62 II

1. 1. Two storeys and basement. Ashlar. Slate roof. Three chimneys. Symmetrical five bay composition with a sixth bay added in the same style at left hand end. Rustication, vermiculated to basement lintels then banded to ground floor sills. Two strings and modillion cornice. Rainwater heads with "R.G. 1777" for Richard Gathorne. Windows with sills and plain reveals, sashed with all glazing bars. Fourth window of first floor, tripartite, forms canted bay carried on two Doric columns over doorway. Six panel door. Across front wrought iron railings on stone plinth with some urn finials. Extension to left hand side, after 1870. Two storeys but lower and lacking cornice. One chimney. One window. Back is of rubble. Two storey semi- circular bay with eaves cornice. Windows with plain stone surrounds, sashed. Those to bay tripartite. Tall stair window with glazing bars. Modern door. Interior. Alcove in front hall with elliptical arch in wood. Open string stair with stick balusters and continuous wreathed handrail. On staircase ceiling small design of roses in plaster. Raised and fielded panelled shutters to most windows. Walls of cottages previously on site said to survive in basement. Adjoining house on left hand side two sandstone gatepiers with chamfered rustication and ball finials.

Listing NGR: SD6118478498