House And Kennels, The Glen

Circa 1880 for Sir Charles Tennant (executed by estate masons and joiners). Single storey, 2-bay, asymmetric-plan, picturesque-style estate cottage with adjoining single storey, multi-bayed, L-plan kennel and outbuilding range to rear. Coursed and squared local whinstone with broached sandstone ashlar dressings, chamfered arrises to most and tabbed quoins. Exposed rafters and barge boarded gables.

E (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: gabled timber porch (off centre left) with heavy turned timber uprights to front, in-filled braced gablehead and exposed rafters to sides formerly with timber balustraded in-fill to lower half; timber boarded door with large ornate wrought-iron hinges within chamfered ashlar surround; to right, small scullery window. To right return, gabled end with small window to right and plain barge boards with king-post drop finial rising into spike finial; further advanced gable to right with central window and gablehead with plain barge board and small squared drop finial (due to stack behind); right return of gable with door to extreme right (leading to yard of range).

S (KENNEL) ELEVATION: single storey gabled end of main house to right containing bipartite window, overhanging roof with plain barge boarding and king post bracing, drop finial rising into pointed finial. To centre and left, slightly recessed adjoining single storey range with regular fenestration and doors (formerly divided into 3 separate areas or runs).

W (REAR) ELEVATION: to left and centre, rear arm of single storey outbuilding range, timber boarded door within ashlar surround near left; gabled end of range adjoining to right rising into gablehead stack.

N (YARD) ELEVATION: U-plan range set around former yard: house forming advanced arm to left (see E elevation); to centre, recessed single storey blind range; to right, advanced gable ended arm with 3 regularly placed timber boarded doors within ashlar surrounds on left return.

4-pane timber sash and case windows (glazing and some plans now missing to most); 3-pane casement window to scullery (now glazing). Pitched slate roof with lead riding and flashing; squared iron ventilators with pyramidal caps to roofline of rear L-plan range. Ashlar gablehead stack to N of cottage with projecting neck cope and 3 octagonal cans; taller squared roofline stack with single can (also to cottage) with similar stack to W of range. Painted cast-iron rainwater goods with decorative hoppers to cottage.

INTERIOR: original (derelict) interior with cast-iron range and stone surround to large room, decorative arched cast-iron fire back and grate with stone surround to other main room; windows with timber panelling in ingoes; plastered stone walls; original timber panelled doors; Belfast sink to small scullery.