Manse, Blackswell Church, 5 Blackswell Lane, Hamilton

Mid to late 18th century; later additions and alterations. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay, rectangular-plan traditional estate house. Principal elevation harled with polished dressings; sandstone rubble to remainder. Long and short quoins; raised margins.

(PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: symmetrical; flat-roofed corniced timber porch advanced to centre bay of ground floor; panelled timber door with letterbox fanlight, window to 1st floor above; regular fenestration to ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to right and left; dormer windows to left and right of attic floor, with catslide roofs.

ELEVATION: gabled.

ELEVATION: symmetrical; bowed turnpike stair tower advanced to centre bay, breaking eaves with half-conical roof, window to centre, remainder not seen 2000; regular fenestration to ground and 1st floors of flanking bays to left and right.

ELEVATION: gabled; single storey outbuilding addition adjoining to ground floor, boarded timber openings to right return, slate roof with lead ridge; infilled opening to right of 1st floor above.

4-pane, 12-pane and 18-pane timber sash and case windows. Grey slate roof with lead ridge. Stone skews with moulded skewputts. Cement-faced coped gablehead stacks with circular cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: boarded timber entrance porch; panelled timber inner door with round-arched glazed upper panes and letterbox fanlight. Skirting boards, cornices, door and window architraves and panelled timber doors survive. Timber turnpike stair.