Rath House

Detached five-bay two-storey house over basement and with attic, built c. 1770. Pedimented breakfront to south, two-storey over basement blocks to north-west and north-east, multiple-storey flat-roofed extensions to north. Pitched slate roofs, clay ridge tiles, red brick corbelled chimneystacks, flat-capped chimneystack to north-west block, painted moulded cornice to breakfront, cast-iron gutters on painted moulded smooth rendered eaves course, cast-iron downpipes. Painted roughcast-rendered walling, battered basement, string course to south. Square-headed window openings, painted smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted tooled stone sills, painted timber two-over-two and six-over-six sliding sash windows c. 1870, timber casement windows to attic and basement, wrought-iron window bars to basement; round-headed window opening to north, vertical and horizontal glazing bars, margin lights; plain-glazed lunette to breakfront, moulded rendered surround. Round-headed door opening to south, moulded render archivolt, fluted keystone, pilasters supporting heavy moulded cornice, painted timber panelled door with glazed panels, painted timber Y-tracery fanlight, sidelights with painted stone sills and smooth rendered surrounds, tooled limestone steps with roughcast-rendered flanking walls, cast-iron boot scraper; square-headed door opening to west, smooth rendered soffits and reveals, painted timber panelled door with glazed panels and overlight. Set in own grounds; random rubble boundary wall to west, brick and smooth rendered domed niche in wall; cobbled yard to north, single- and two-storey roughcast-rendered and red brick outbuildings to north and south-east, pitched slate roofs, square- and segmental-headed openings, wine vault to ground floor and pedimented door to first floor north outbuilding, tooled limestone steps with red brick walling, pigeon holes to east elevation south-east outbuilding; red brick walling to west, square-headed gateway to walled garden, random rubble stone walling; red brick walling to east, segmental-headed gateway; single- and two-storey outbuildings to east and north, random rubble bellcote to gable, square- and segmental-headed openings with brick surrounds and external steps to east outbuilding; parking area to south and drive to south-west; entrance to south-west, random rubble stone square gate piers, pyramidal caps, wrought- and cast-iron gates, random rubble stone quadrant walls, soldier coping.