Gatepiers, Pitgaveny House

Pitgaveny House is a tall, three-storey mansion built in 1776, featuring a symmetrical five-bay pedimented southwest front with a later porch. The rear wing, added in 1870, has a pinned ashlar frontage with coursed rubble flanks and polished ashlar dressings.

The original central entrance is concealed by a substantial single three-bay porch, said to be from 1868, which has a pedimented and columned doorpiece. The porch features a corniced wallhead with ball finials at intervals. The main facade has a regular layout with a slightly advanced, pedimented central three-bay fenestration, including some blind windows and long first-floor windows with 9-, 12-, and 15-pane glazing. Rusticated quoins are present, along with an oculus in the pediment and a corniced blocking course that encircles the wallhead, which has angle ball finials (some of which are missing). The building has tall coped panelled end wallhead stacks and a double piended slate roof.

The substantial four-storey and attic rear wing, also dated 1870, is constructed of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings and features regular fenestration with 12-pane glazing, quoins, hipped and corniced end stacks, and a piended slate roof. This rear wing is connected to the main house by a single bay block that includes a ground floor service portico.

Inside, the entrance hall was enlarged around 1870 by linking the former entrance with a southeast ground floor room. The staircase and stairwell feature a cantilevered stone staircase with a moulded lip to the risers and plain wooden balusters, along with plaster balusters and a plaster ceiling adorned with a swagged frieze and a central tondo.

The dining room includes a carved white marble chimneypiece with marble slips, a circa 1870 cast-iron grate, and a dado rail. The drawing room, located on the first floor, has a high ceiling with a bracketed corniced anthemion frieze and dado rail, as well as fielded panelled doors and window shutters throughout.

Flanking the former entrance on the west side of the house are gatepiers from circa 1776. These consist of a pair of square rusticated ashlar piers topped with a moulded cornice and ball finials, although no gates remain.