Pepper Arden

SOUTH COWTON NZ 20 SE 2/27 29.1.53

Pepper Arden (previously listed as 'Pepper Arden Hall')

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House. Central block early C18, rear wing c1850, side block and canted bays c1870. C19 alterations possibly by W.E. Nesfield. Red brick, cement rendering, ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Central block: 3 storeys, 7 bays. Sashes in plain surrounds with double keystones, second-floor windows with single keystones. Central half-glazed door with overlight in Roman Doric porch with frieze, cornice with mutules and blocking course. Above is a window with segmental pediment. First-and second-floor bands. Stone cornice and balustraded parapet with ball-finials. To either side canted stone bays: 2 storeys, quoins, sashes with double keystones. First-floor band, cornice, parapet as main block. To left: wing of 2 storeys,2 bays. Quoins. Tripartite windows with sashes in stone surrounds with double keystones. First-floor band and parapet as main block. To far left: service block with walled court in front. Arched openings on a plinth with frieze, cornice and parapet as main block. Interior: open-well staircase with thin iron balusters. The 2 front rooms of the main block have C19 plaster ceilings.

Listing NGR: NZ2966301871