Scotchwell House

Country house, painted stucco with slate roofs. Several parts: Georgian 2 storey and attic entrance front of six plus one bays, with truncated external left end stack, and late C19 yellow brick broad stack on ridge between the six bays and the wider-spaced seventh. Large additions of 1887 including a taller parallel rear range with two lower gabled blocks to S, such that there is an irregular three-gabled S garden front, with the S end gable of the original house. Coming forward at the right end is a large kitchen wing dated 1887. The main front has four two-light C19 eaves dormers with bargeboarded gables, over first, fourth, sixth and seventh bays. Main floors have hornless 12-pane sashes with painted stone sills. Large enclosed flat-roofed stuccoed porch in third bay with deep projected parapet and double volute cresting. Arched entry with radiating-bar fanlight over door of two long arched panels. Narrow arched windows with marginal glazing in porch side walls. Roughcast kitchen range to N has deep eaves, broken on S for a bargeboarded gable with glazed roundel, over pair of sashes to both first and ground floors. Deep bargeboards to E end gable, yellow brick big ridge stack. The higher parallel range to W has a tall yellow brick stack on E roof slope, visible above original house, and a bargeboarded gable behind the twin gabled blocks of the S end. The S front has the gable end of the original house with truncated chimney, set back to right, then the wide main gable with two-storey canted bay window and an upper plate glass sash with rounded upper angles and a shaped stucco surround. The smaller gable to left, slightly recessed, has a big French window with hoodmould under a sash similar to that in the centre gable.

Interior not inspected. Said in 1974 to retain substantial Georgian detail in the older part, including panelled shutters, moulded architraves, 6-panel doors with panelled soffits, dado rails, thick glazing bars with half-round profile etc. Pilastered and pedimented neo-classical doorcase to original 6-panel front door under porch. Dog-leg timber staircase with plain balusters and handrail, scrolled tread ends. Wide landing lit by small-paned sash with deep internal architrave. White marble chimney piece (carved) to rear dining room etc.