South Range, Caldra

South Range, Caldra

A late 18th-century courtyard range with later additions and alterations, forming a near-square plan. The complex comprises a 3-bay pedimented farmhouse with single storey and attic to the outer left of the entrance front, single storey ranges flanking a central entrance, a pedimented wing to the outer right, and various outbuildings to the north and east. To the west, an 8-bay single storey range adjoins a 3-bay single storey with attic block at the outer left.

The buildings are constructed predominantly in harl pointed sandstone rubble with droved and polished sandstone dressings. Later brick repairs and alterations are evident, with harling applied to parts of the structure. Details include droved quoins and droved long and short surrounds to openings with polished margins and flush cills throughout.

South Elevation (Entrance Front)

The entrance is framed by coursed and droved circular-plan gatepiers surmounted by ball finials, with a modern gate between them. To the left is a single storey, 4-bay piended range with a part-blocked former doorway offset to the left of centre, flanking single windows (now blocked), and a part-blocked single window in the outer right bay. The outer left features an asymmetrical 3-bay farmhouse with steps leading to a flat-roofed porch at the slightly advanced centre, containing a part glazed boarded timber door. A single window at ground level occupies the right bay, and a pedimented dormer breaks the eaves offset to the left above. A slightly advanced pedimented bay at the outer left contains a blocked segmental-arched former cart opening aligned beneath the apex, with a single window offset to the left within. To the right of the gatepier is a single storey, 5-bay piended range featuring boarded timber stable doors with small-pane fanlights in two bays to the outer left and one bay to the outer right, with single windows in the remaining bays. At the outer right is a slightly advanced pedimented bay with a boarded timber door set within a segmental-arched cart opening aligned beneath the apex.

North Elevation (Courtyard)

The courtyard elevation comprises various single storey additions.

West Range, West (Outer) Elevation

A single storey, 8-bay range occupies the centre, with two 3-bay cottages to the left, each featuring a central timber door flanked by single windows, and single windows in the remaining two bays to the right. A slightly advanced 3-bay farmhouse adjoins to the outer right, with a single window at ground level in the single storey bay to the left; a subsequent bay to the right contains a single window at ground (now blocked) with a blind oculus centred at the upper floor; the outer right bay has single windows at both ground and upper floors. At the outer left is a slightly advanced 3-bay block with a boarded timber door at ground level in the single storey bay to the right; single windows in the two bays to the left are blocked, and a blind oculus is centred beneath a surmounting stepped and gabled pediment.

East (Courtyard) Elevation

The courtyard elevation comprises various single storey additions.

North Range, South (Courtyard) Elevation

A projecting 3-bay modern outbuilding adjoins a single storey piended rubble range that encloses the courtyard to the north.

East Range

A part-rubble, part brick single storey outbuilding adjoins a modern block to the north.

Roofs and Details

Roofing is predominantly red pantile with slate easing courses to the south and west ranges; the remainder have grey slate and corrugated-iron roofs. Raised stone skews are present throughout, with corniced sandstone apex stacks serving the farmhouses and stepped brick ridge stacks to the west range. Circular cans are fitted throughout, and some cast-iron rainwater goods survive.

Windows are predominantly 9- and 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, with some 3-pane upper, vented lower openings.

The interiors were not inspected as of 1998.