Southfield

Southfield is a classical house dating from around 1804, possibly a remodelling of an earlier structure. It is a two-storey, five-bay building constructed of broadly droved ashlar with a base course, raised cells, a band course, a cornice, and a pediment. The sides and rear are made of squared and coursed red sandstone.

On the northwest elevation, the three central bays are advanced and pedimented, flanked by broad single bays. At the center, there is a Doric columned and corniced doorpiece featuring a fluted frieze. The entrance has a panelled deep-set door with a broad strip fanlight above it, and there are two windows on each side of the door. The first floor has five windows, and there is a glazed oculus in the pediment.

The southeast elevation is made of coursed ashlar and features a cornice, corner die, and a lean-to addition. To the left, a window has been enlarged to a bipartite design with a stone mullion. The center has a large round-headed stair window with four-pane sidelights. There are four regularly spaced windows on the first floor. The side elevations have two bays with blind windows on each floor. The windows are sash and case, with a two-pane glazing pattern on the northwest elevation and a twelve-pane design on the first floor at the rear. The roof is covered with grey slates and has corniced wallhead stacks on the end walls and pediment.

The gatepiers are made of random rubble and feature drum gatepiers topped with pyramidal caps.