Chapel-On-Leader House Garden Cottage

Predominantly late 19th century, possibly incorporating earlier 19th century fabric (see Notes); 1855 date stone. Single-storey, U-plan steading containing cottages, coach houses, stables and other offices with free-standing 2-stage pyramidal-roofed water tower in courtyard; courtyard enclosed by coped boundary wall and railings. Pink sandstone rubble with polished sandstone ashlar dressings; courtyard elevations rendered. Base course, eaves course, stop-chamfered long and short window margins.

STEADING: W range has 3-bay cottage at S end with stone-gabled dormers breaking eaves and stepped hoodmould to gable window; stables to N end; fairly regular fenestration to rear elevation with gabled dormer hayloft left of centre. Central range has 3-bay cottage to left, similar to the above; 4 bays of offices to right; small outshot and large late 20th century barn adjoining rear elevation. E range has 3-bay office or cottage at S end with central door and pigeon loft with 6 entrance holes and 2 alighting ledges above S gable window within stepped hoodmould; 2 large round-arched coach houses to centre of courtyard elevation with 2-leaf timber-boarded doors (one with decorative strap hinges).

Timber-boarded office doors. Predominantly 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows; some 6-pane fixed lights to stables. Yellow brick wallhead and ridge stacks with sandstone copes and octagonal yellow clay cans. Grey Welsh slate. Cast-iron rainwater goods with corniced rectangular hoppers and decorative brackets.

WATER TOWER: 2-stage square-plan tower with timber-boarded doors at ground and 1st floor to N elevation; gabled dormer and oculus to S elevation; piended roof with pigeon weather-vane. Random rubble with sandstone ashlar dressings.

BOUNDARY WALL, GATES AND GATEPIERS: enclosing courtyard to N. Ashlar-coped random rubble boundary wall topped with decorative spear-headed wrought-iron railings. Wall and railings extend in front of SE gable. Off-centre, corniced, stop-chamfered gatepiers with ball finials; 2-leaf wrought-iron gates with curved top rails.