Mountfair

Mountfair is a house likely dating from the mid-18th century, with subsequent additions and alterations made in the 19th century. It is a symmetrical, two-storey, three-bay house designed in a classical style. A two-storey wing was added to the rear, creating an L-shaped layout, and a single-storey wing connects to the north side of the property.

The house is constructed using cream sandstone rubble with extensive pointing, and features sandstone ashlar dressings. Notable details include corniced eaves, droved quoins, long and short surrounds to the windows, and projecting cills.

The south (entrance) elevation has a step leading to a pedimented entrance centrally positioned at ground level. It contains a timber panelled door with later concave jambs, an architraved surround, a fluted frieze, and a dentilled pediment. A single window is aligned above the door, and a blind oval opening sits within a shallow pediment at the roofline. Single windows are found at both floor levels in the flanking bays.

The west side elevation showcases the original block with single windows on both floors in the bay to the outer right (one at first floor is blind). A single window is set off-centre to the left at ground level, a replacement timber door with a window above is located in the bay to the outer left, and a round-arched window is centrally located beneath the apex. An adjoining two-storey wing features a single window off-centre to the right at ground level, and single windows on the first floor in the bays to the outer left and right. A single-storey wing adjoins the outer left side with a single window in the bay to the outer right, and a flat-roofed addition is set off-centre.

The north rear elevation shows a single-storey wing projecting to the outer right, and an irregularly fenestrated two-storey block recessed to the left.

The east side elevation has single windows on both floors in the bays to the outer left and right of the original block, with one first-floor window on the right being blind. A round-arched window is centred beneath the apex. The recessed two-storey wing to the right has single windows off-centre to the right on both floors. The adjoining single-storey wing has a flat-roofed porch to the left and single windows in the remaining two bays to the right.

The windows are a mix of plate glass, four-pane, and twelve-pane glazing in timber sash and case frames. The roof is covered in grey slate with raised stone skews, scrolled skewputts, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Corniced red brick apex stacks rise from the roof, topped with various circular cans.

The interior of the house was not inspected in 1998.

A rubble boundary wall partially encloses the site, with pyramidal-capped rubble piers flanking the entrance and an iron vehicular gate.