Borras Head

Borras Head is a three-storey house with attics, dating from the mid- to late 17th century and retaining some alterations from the 20th century. The house is constructed of brown brick in an English garden wall bond, with a slate roof and gable-end brick stacks. Sandstone is used for quoins and string courses marking the first and second floors. The front elevation is symmetrical. A centrally placed 20th-century door is flanked on the ground floor by pairs of single three-light windows with cross frames and later inserted glazing with margin lights. The first floor, treated as a piano nobile, emphasizes a central bay which appears to be a blocked doorway with a moulded sandstone surround, although it may be a design feature as the surrounding brickwork matches the façade's. Flanking this are two symmetrically placed two-light windows of a similar design. The second floor has five similar windows. A two-storey brick extension, with a slate roof and gable end brick stack, extends from the left-hand side, featuring 20th-century windows and a door on the ground floor, and small-paned casement windows on the first floor. The gable elevations to the left and right contain several blocked windows with mid- to late 17th-century rough brick segmental arches. The rear elevation includes a two-storey brick staircase extension with a slate catslide roof, incorporating a segmental archway. Due to changes in ground level, a 20th-century ground floor door and window on the rear elevation align with the first half landing of the main staircase. The first floor has a two-light small-paned casement window with a rough brick arch, and the second floor has a multi-paned casement window and a single staircase window.

The house is double-pile, incorporating a central hall and a rear staircase. The two rooms on each side share corner stacks located at the centre of the gable ends on all floors. The interior features a good mid- to late 17th-century staircase with a heavy rail, turned balusters on a moulded close-string and rectangular newels, capped at the top. This staircase runs through all three storeys and extends to the attics. Exposed features include heavy, chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and wide-boarded doors with strap hinges and latches.