Forss House

Early 19th century double house of 2 storeys and dormerless

attic over raised basement, 5-bay south frontage with entrance

in rear north elevation. Harled with tooled ashlar margins.

Centre entrance in north entrance front masked by 1939 single

storey, wide 3-bay off-centre porch with crenellated wallhead

of differing heights, datestone above doorway with moulded

architrave and flanking windows.

Long raised ground floor windows in in south front, some blind.

Later 19th century single storey over raised basement, 2-bay

wing to west gable. 12- and 18-pane glazing.

4 broad coped gable-end stacks pierced by diminutive attic

windows, and topped by dominant batteries of 3 square (later)

ashlar flues linked by continuous cornice. Similar pair of

large gabled stacks with single flues at north elevation. Slate

roofs.

Glazed conservatory at east gable.

Interior; plain interior; long shallow flight stairs in centre

of rear block, with simple decorative cast-iron balustrade.

Adamesque wood chimney piece in ground floor drawing room;

1930's chimney piece in NW ground floor additional room,

inscribed as being made from timbers of HMS Bruton (a Nelson

flag ship). Simple moulded ceiling cornices.