Littleton House and boundary walls to east and north-east

House of late C18 date, extended in the C19; and boundary walls to the E and NE.

MATERIALS: the house is constructed of coursed, cut and squared blue Lias under slate-covered roofs with stepped, coped gables and stone stacks to the gable ends.

PLAN: it has a principal three-bay range of two stories with an attic and a small cellar, with lower-height ranges to the N and S and a late-C20/early-C21 rear conservatory.

EXTERIOR: the front (E) elevation is a symmetrical composition. The central entrance has an ashlar Doric portico with columns, pilasters and a flat entablature, and a raised and fielded panel door with a rectangular fanlight over. Both sides of the entrance is a timber sash window of nine panes, and to the first floor are a further three, six-paned sashes. Set back to the right is a lower, single-storey (first floor inserted) range that has a hipped roof and a tall round-arched sash window to its W elevation. Extending N from the NW corner of this range is another single-storey range, and its N gable end contains a doorway with wooden, stable-type door and a late-C20 timber window. To the left of the principal range, and also set back, is an attached range with a one window to the W elevation.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to the front (E) and NE of Littleton House are boundary walls of blue Lias stone rubble with cappings of dressed stone. They have been altered slightly at their NE ends to provide an inturned entranceway to the house.

The former agricultural buildings to the SW and W of Littleton House, now Gladstone House and Westville, have been much altered and wholly remodelled. The NW, SW and rear boundary walls have been substantially rebuilt or are modern structures and are not of special interest.

Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that Gladstone House, Westville, the modern detached garages at Littleton House and at Westville, and the boundary walls to the NW, SW and rear of Littleton House and the inturned entrance walls at the NE corner are not of special architectural or historic interest.