Littledean Farmhouse

In style of William J Gray, architect, Coldingham, circa 1870, with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay Tudor-detailed farmhouse with gabled projection to front; lower wing at rear forming near Z-plan; further single storey, lean-to garage block beyond. Coursed render to front; harled sides; harl-pointed rubble to rear; droved cream sandstone dressings (tooled at rear). Base course; moulded eaves in part. Sandstone quoins; tabbed and chamfered margins; chamfered cills; predominantly painted, chamfered mullions.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: timber panelled door centred at ground; diamond-paned leaded fanlight; gabled dormerhead to bipartite window breaking eaves above. Bipartite window at ground in bay to outer left; gabled dormerhead to bipartite window breaking eaves above. Full-height, gabled wing projecting to outer right with tripartite window centred at ground; bipartite window aligned at 1st floor; small attic light above; tapering finial surmounting gablehead.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: main block with bipartite window at ground to outer left; gabled bay to right with bipartite window at 1st floor off-set to left of centre. Lower, 2-bay range recessed to right with timber doors at ground; single windows at 1st floor. Lean-to garage addition to outer right.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay gabled range to right with bipartite windows at both floors in bays flanking centre. Lower, 2-bay wing to left with bipartite windows at both floors in both bays (breaking eaves at upper floor with single gablehead). Blind elevation to full-height projection recessed to outer right.

Predominantly lying-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof; stone-coped skews; moulded skewputts. Corniced, brick-built apex stack to W with 4 linked flues; modern, brick-built apex stack to E; circular cans throughout.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

GARDEN WALLS: rubble-coped rubble walls enclosing site.