Lansor

Lansor is a house constructed of roughly coursed local sandstone rubble with stone slate roofs. It forms an elongated L-shape, comprising two long six-bay one and a half storey single depth ranges that were partly agricultural in origin and may originally have been two separate houses, joined at the corner. The main elevation faces inwards along the L.

The left section (A) contains two bays with 3-light windows below and 2-light windows above, together with two light gabled dormers. All windows are mid twentieth-century diamond lattice casements set under dripmoulds. This section served as storage fifty years ago. Additional windows appear in the left return with dove ledges and entries in the gable. The roof is steeply pitched with a left gable stack. The rear elevation of this section features a square tower dating to around 1860 and a small twentieth-century gabled wing. Windows comprise 1-light and 2-light examples as found elsewhere.

The second section (B) consists of two bays with a projecting two-storey gabled porch that partly obscures one window, suggesting this is also a circa 1860 addition. The ground floor has a 4-light window and a single light window, both with reserve chamfer mullions and dripmoulds beneath diamond lattice casements. Above is a 2-light window with a gabled half dormer, and a 3-light window in the porch gable. An eight-panelled door in a moulded frame with scrolling above provides the entrance. A plain chimney appears to the left end of the ridge, with two flued stacks featuring diamond-set shafts to the right. The rear elevation is partly obscured by a pergola at ground floor level, and features a gabled turret containing the main stair on the right with a chimney beside it. Windows comprise 2-light examples below and a 4-light window above.

The third section (C) contains two bays with 3-light windows on the ground floor and 2-light dormers. A stack with a single diamond flue projects to the right gable. The rear elevation is partly hidden by a lean-to structure and a square tower with a 2-light window. A 3-light ground floor window is accompanied by two 2-light dormer windows.

The north wing (D) may comprise two builds but now presents a harmonious appearance. The ground floor contains a seventeenth-century door with moulded strips over plank joints, strap hinges and a moulded frame. To its left is a 2-light window and to the right a 3-light window, with three additional 2-light windows. Above are two half dormers and an eaves dormer, the central dormer containing a 3-light window whilst the others have 2-light windows. A ridge stack stands between the second and third dormers. A single storey addition extends to the right gable. The rear elevation was not examined during the survey.

Internally, section A contains no historic features. Sections B and C appear to form the original sixteenth-century house, though they also show evidence of two phases of construction with differing floor levels at ground floor. Section B appears to be the earliest part and contains a hall with a diamond pattern stone and slate floor together with an elaborate Tudor fireplace featuring a carved oak overmantel. This overmantel dates to around 1860 but may incorporate earlier carving. Delph tiles are present. A smaller but similar fireplace exists in the adjacent room. The staircase has been largely reconstructed. The roof structure is difficult to interpret but comprises partly upper cruck with tie beams removed and partly principal rafter construction, halved and pegged at the apex with trenched purlins. The upper storey planning is entirely nineteenth-century work. Section D has been substantially altered and modernised internally and was only partially examined during the resurvey.