Garden Cottage, Paxton House

Possibly William J Gray, later 19th century with later additions and alterations. Asymmetrical, 2-storey, 3-bay, near L-plan Swiss Cottage with 1st floor balcony to front; single storey ancillary range at rear. Slightly bull-faced, Cyclopean pink sandstone at ground; tooled rubble at rear; applied half-timbering with painted panels at 1st floor throughout. 1st floor stepped out to NE and SW with decorative timber brackets; overhanging timber bracketed eaves throughout. Stugged quoins and long and short surrounds to ground floor openings; plain timber margins at 1st floor; timber mullions. Louvred timber shutters.

SE (FRONT) ELEVATION: slightly projecting, 2-bay gable end to left with glazed door at ground to right; bipartite window at ground to left; bipartite opening at 1st floor off-set to left of centre; single opening to right. Square-plan timber supports beneath timber balcony projecting at 1st floor; fretted balcony front with 'CONSIDER THE LILIES HOW THEY GROW' below; timber supports beneath overhanging eaves with decorative timber brackets; gablehead with kingpost and trusses. Range recessed to right with bipartite window at ground off-set to left of centre.

NE (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-bay. Bipartite window at ground to left; window at ground to right; 2 bipartite windows centred at 1st floor.

NW (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-bay. Single storey, lean-to projection to left with boarded timber door at centre. Small window at ground in bay recessed to right; single window at ground in subsequent bay to right. Single storey ancillary block projecting to outer right.

SW (SIDE) ELEVATION: timber-bracketed canopy to bipartite window at ground to right; window at ground to left; window aligned at 1st floor. Projecting balcony adjoined at 1st floor to outer right. Single storey ancillary block slightly recessed to outer left.

Predominantly diamond-pane glazing; some modern windows; rooflight at rear. Red tile roof with fishscale banding; brick-built ridge stacks; various cans.

INTERIOR: not seen 1999.

ANCILLARY RANGE: 2 single storey blocks/stores forming near L-plan range enclosing rear courtyard. Tooled sandstone rubble; tooled dressings. Boarded timber doors. Mono-pitched roofs.