Stemster House

Mid-later 19th century, symmetrically fronted 2-storey

and attic, 5-bay house, probably incorporating earlier

dwelling contained in centre portion. Harled south front

and side elevations, coursed rubble rear; ashlar margins

and dressings. Centre door in advanced gabled ashlar porch

with moulded lugged architraves, flanked by advanced and

gabled bays with tripartites with moulded architraves in

ground floor. Elsewhere large windows with thick wooden

centre mullions; in set back lower outer bays the 1st

floor windows break wallhead under crowstepped pediments;

small attic windows in gables of bays 2 and 4.

Roughly E-plan rear with outer flanking 2-storey, 2-bay

wings, and centre gabled wing with large centre window

and apex stack.

Multi-pane glazing; quatrefoil motifs in pediments and

gable heads; crowsteps; corniced end stacks; slate roofs.