Rug

Ashlar with tooled plinth; hipped slate roof (remodelled 1976). 2 storeys. Entrance front faces NW: 7 bays, articulated 2-3-2 with central projecting portico/porte-cochere of 3 bays with giant Ionic columns and pilasters carrying entablature: central paired doors with overlight. 12 and 9-pane sash windows, with continuous sill band to first floor. Garden front has full-height central bow with 3 windows between giant Ionic engaged columns, flanked by 3 windows to either side: 15-pane floor length sash windows to ground floor, and 9-pane sashes above. Plain string courses, moulded cornice and blocking course throughout. To the right of the garden front are the remains of the wing of c1880: a 5-bay collonade was formerly part of a conservatory divided by moveable screens from a ballroom/billiard room, and is now an open loggia: segmental arches carried on columns raised on octagonal bases, with foliate capitals. Lions head masks above the arches, terracotta and carved stone rosettes in the spandrels.

Interior: The contemporary interiors of the late C18 house are said to include a staircase with cast-iron balusters made William Hazeldine of Shrewsbury, and also to incorporate panelling of c1525 removed from the older mansion.