Camrose House

Camrose House is a gentry house, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of rubble stone with slate roofs, featuring altered flat eaves and two large red brick side-wall stacks on each side. The roughly square plan presents a formal three-storey facade with a basement, featuring five windows. The windows are cambered-headed sashes with thick glazing bars, arranged in 12-pane patterns, and have brick heads and stone keystones. Stone sills are present throughout. The centre entrance features a six-panel door with a three-pane overlight, all beneath a cambered head and a flat hood supported by long console brackets. A fine flight of six stone steps leads to a slate-paved landing that overlooks the basement area. 19th-century timber railings are also present. The basement has five cambered-headed openings and an area enclosed by iron railings with spearhead and fleur-de-lys finials. A basement door with a four-pane overlight is situated on the left side wall, alongside a 12-pane sash with thick glazing bars. The right side wall is windowless and adjoins a hipped, matching range to the right. This extension has a basement and two storeys, with a narrow front showcasing two close-spaced upper windows above one central ground floor window and one to the basement. The side wall of the extension has two windows on each floor and one to the basement. The rear of the main house and the extension are slate hung. A large, derelict 19th-century conservatory is attached to the ground floor on the left side of the rear elevation. It has a hipped roof with a central lantern. The rear facade displays a four-window range with two long 19th-century stair lights, one above the other, featuring marginal glazing in the second bay. The other bays have 12-paned sashes. The top left sash has been altered to a fire door, and the ground floor left window provides a broad opening into the conservatory, featuring a steel lintel. The conservatory’s interior has a tiled floor.

The interior has been altered, with the ground floor room on the right combined with the entrance hall. An early 20th-century opening has been cut through the rear to the rear right room, revealing a flat beam and fluted pilasters. The front right room features an early 20th-century fireplace and overmantel. The front left room has panelled shutters, potentially dating from the early 19th century. A plain cambered arch leads to the rear stair hall. The mid-18th century rear stair is well-detailed, with three balusters of a column-on-vase design per tread, a moulded rail, column newels, and scrolled tread ends. The staircase is a dog-leg design, spanning six flights. Fielded panelled six-panel doors are positioned on each side of the stair hall.