Doldir

Doldir is an Arts and Crafts style house, likely dating to the early 20th century. The exterior is characterised by roughcast render and a graded slate roof with eaves that overhang prominently on exaggerated, scrolled brackets. It has end wall and axial stacks, and is two storeys high with attics.

The front elevation is marked by a boldly asymmetrical gable projecting to the right. This gable contains a large, full-height canted bay window with paired 8-pane sashes, and a small-paned semi-circular window near the apex. To the left of this gable is a tripartite oriel window, strongly moulded with leaded lights and a domed cap to the central bow, featuring a round window set beneath it. The entrance is immediately to the left of the gable, situated within a recessed porch. The front door has three deeply moulded vertical panels and a segmentally arched glazed light. Paired 8-pane sash windows are located to the left of the doorway, and a small-paned mullioned casement breaks the eaves line above. The rear elevation includes a gable to the left, mirroring the front with a full-height canted bay window with paired 8-pane sashes and a semi-circular attic window. Similar paired sashes are present in the central bay, with an advanced lower service wing to the right, featuring similar windows, and a single-storeyed wing advanced against its gable.

The original layout and many contemporary details remain. The house is planned around a central hall, with a surgery and associated rooms to one side, principal living rooms to the other, service rooms to the rear, and the staircase positioned at the front. Original interior details include all the joinery, characterised by four-panelled doors with Art Nouveau leaded and stained glass lights. Fireplaces are present in all rooms, including a series of tiled fireplaces in the upper rooms, with wood-panelled overmantles in the principal bedrooms. A fine decorative tiled fireplace is found in the original front ground floor drawing room, featuring vertically laid embossed tiles. The rear dining room has leather-hung walls and a good tiled fireplace with a Neo-Jacobean overmantle incorporating a mirror. The staircase is elaborately detailed in an Art Nouveau style, with exaggerated splayed newels featuring strongly projecting caps and pierced detail to the splayed principal balusters. A tightly curved oriel window, leaded and with stained glass, illuminates the staircase.