Northover House (Mansion House Hotel) and Front Boundary Railings

Northover House, now the Mansion House Hotel, is a large detached house dating back to the 17th century, with a complete refronting in the early 19th century. The house is constructed of local lias stone, squared and cut, with Ham stone dressings and facade. It has a hipped roof covered in Welsh slate, with wide eaves and pairs of brackets at intervals, and brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with seven bays. The windows are sash windows, with nine panes on the upper sashes and fifteen panes on the lower. A six-panel door is located in the lower bay of the front elevation, set within a classical-style stone porch with solid sides, Tuscan columns in antis, a full entablature including metopes and guttae, and a flat roof. On the south-west elevation, there are hollow-chamfer mullioned windows set in wave-mould recesses without labels, consisting of five lights below and four lights above. A lower extension to the rear features reproduction mullioned windows. The interior of the house has not been inspected. Approximately one metre from the house, returning to the north-east corner, there are railings with cast-iron spearpoints and decorative braces to the standards, along with matching gates situated inside the porch. These elements contribute to the overall setting of the house and its appearance within the streetscene and demonstrate group value.