Dinam

Dinam

A substantial house of mixed dates, with a principal 18th-century façade concealing an earlier structure and later additions spanning the 18th to 20th centuries.

The eastern elevation comprises a long range representing an early 18th-century remodelling of an earlier plan, with a two-window range and slightly offset entrance to the right, fronted by an advanced gabled wing. To the left of this wing is a full-height single-storey three-window range added around 1900. A paired gabled wing set at right angles to the rear of the main range represents a late 18th-century addition, with modern additions to its north side. Stone steps lead up to servants quarters at the west gable of the south wing.

The building is constructed of rubble masonry. The main part and south rear wing have rendered elevations, whilst the north rear wing's north wall is painted and the north and south wing gable walls are bare. The main part displays rendered dressings to the front, with the south end window featuring a slate surround. The roof is slate, with the main part hipped and the wings gabled, all fitted with tiled ridges and tall square stone stacks with moulded caps.

The eastern elevation of the main range contains slightly recessed 12-pane hornless sash windows with thick glazing bars and eared and shouldered architraves. The entrance comprises a square-headed panelled door offset slightly to the left, surmounted by a semi-circular canopy carried on carved brackets. The advanced wing displays two 12-pane sash windows in moulded architraves on each floor, with a circular light featuring glazing bars set into the gable apex. The early 20th-century three-window wing beyond features tall small-paned casement windows with rendered surrounds, slate sills and moulded slate architrave hoods. Its south gable return has a round-headed French window with a surround formed by small sawn slates following the arch and creating an imitation keystone effect.

To the rear, the added wings were modernised in the early 20th century with some windows enlarged. The south wall contains 1, 2 and 3-light small-paned casement windows with wooden mullions. The north wall has 3 and 4-light casements to the first floor, with older 3-light casements on the ground floor and a raking dormer to the east end, its cheeks slate-hung with 2 paired casement windows. At the east end of the north wall is an advanced paired gable block with a lean-to addition further advanced to the north. An entrance through a square-headed doorway with rendered surround features jambs with full-height recessed panels. Another doorway serves the kitchen at the west end of the north wall, with the doorway and adjacent window featuring segmental brick heads. A modern single-storey extension occupies the far west end of the north wall.

The house is planned with principal rooms to the front (east) and service rooms to the rear (west). The entrance leads into a former hall with a parlour (the Pine room) to the left (south), the added south wing housing the drawing room. The rear wings contain the kitchen in the north wing and dining room in the south, with nursery and servants quarters occupying first floor rooms. The main hall is open to the roof, the first floor having been removed, and features a first floor balcony to the rear and a main dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and shaped brackets on a cut string, also positioned to the rear.

The parlour, known as the Pine room, is distinguished by fielded panelling, panelled reveals and shutters, a moulded rail and dentilled cornice, together with a cupboard featuring shaped shelves and a half-dome in the rear wall. Many rooms retain original 6-panel doors, some with chamfered beams; the chamfers employ a variety of different stops including run-out stops and multiple notched and ogee stops. The roof contains original rough-hewn and pegged A-frame trusses, several bearing carpenters' marks in Roman numerals.