Mungoswells

Mungoswells is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 18th century, with an extension added in the later 20th century. It is a two-storey, three-bay building in a plain classical style, featuring a basement. The structure is made of rubble, primarily whinstone, which is variegated and roughly squared, with the side elevations harled. It has contrasting light grey sandstone dressings that are broached and droved, with raised margins. The eaves course is simple, and there is a cornice.

On the south (front) elevation, there are ashlar steps leading to a central doorway that features a simple pedimented architrave. The door is a four-panelled design with a bipartite fanlight, opening into a vestibule that leads to an inner door, which is panelled and glazed. Flanking the doorway are windows. The basement has three windows, while the first floor has three smaller windows positioned close under the eaves. The rubble above the basement is coursed, with cherrycocked and relieving arches over the windows.

The north (rear) elevation is plain and asymmetrical, marked only by a central arched upper stair window. It is constructed of random rubble, with relieving arches over most openings. At the basement level, there is a door framed and lined with a bipartite fanlight. A mono-pitch shed at the rear yard is built with the same materials and features three plain boarded doors.

Both the west and east elevations each have a single window on each floor, with the largest window located at ground floor level. The extension on the east side adjoins the main building and has an outshot to the rear. The extension is two storeys high on the east side and single storey plus basement at the rear, incorporating some earlier walls on the lower floors, but is otherwise finished in modern pebbledash.

The extension features modern glazing, while the original fenestration consists of timber sash and case windows. The pattern of the windows varies, with some surviving as 12-pane designs, but most have been replaced with 4-pane versions that include horns.

The main roof is piended with a slight bell-cast, and the extension also has a piended roof, both covered in graded grey slate. There are two symmetrical rubble stacks with ashlar dressings and projecting copes, each topped with four decorative octagonal cans. The extension has a single harled stack.

Surrounding the rear garden is a semi-circular wall made of rubble on the exterior and brick on the interior, topped with a ridged ashlar cope.