Beechwood, High Street, Gifford

Early 18th century with many later alterations. Long 2-storey

house (originally 2) in terraced pair with Ystrad House.

Harled and painted rubble with red sandstone ashlar dressings,

chamfered arrises.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical. Piend-roofed full-height stairwell

added at early date, projecting off-centre to right with

small stair window and ball finials at angles; decorative

pheasant weathervane; low door by re-entrant angle on S return.

Windows flanking stairwell to left by re-entrant angle, with

further window blocked from former door at ground to left;

windows to both floors in outer bays. 12-pane glazing pattern, predominantly in sash and case windows. Coped stone end

stack and wallhead stack at rear. Ashlar coped skews. Grey

slates to pitched roof.

RETAINING WALLS AND PIERS: rubble coped rubble garden walls

to S, adjoined to house, with quadrants and pyramidally

coped rubble piers. Rigg wall to E.