Cahore House

Detached four-bay single-storey double-pile over basement country house with half-dormer attic, built 1841-4, on a rectangular plan off-centred on single-bay (two-bay deep) three-stage projecting tower on a rectangular plan with single-bay single-storey projecting porch to ground floor; five-bay full-height rear (east) elevation centred on single-bay full-height breakfront on an engaged half-octagonal plan. Occupied, 1911. Sold, 1956. In alternative use, 1956-67. Sold, 1967. In alternative use, 1967-2005. Sold, 2005. Now disused. Pitched double-pile (M-profile) slate roof including gablets to window openings to half-dormer attic (east) centred on half-octagonal slate roof behind parapet, lichen-covered clay ridge tiles, paired rendered octagonal central chimney stacks (east) on rendered bases having corbelled stepped stringcourses below capping supporting replacement crested terracotta pots, roll moulded cut-granite coping to gables on rendered, ruled and lined kneelers with octagonal finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on cut-granite eaves on cut-granite beaded consoles retaining cast-iron hoppers and downpipes. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on cut-granite cushion course on rendered chamfered plinth. Tudor-headed off-central door opening approached by flight of four cut-granite steps, quatrefoil-detailed cut-granite surround having moulded reveals framing timber panelled double doors having overpanel. Elliptical-headed flanking window openings with cut-granite surrounds having chamfered reveals framing two-over-two timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window opening in tripartite arrangement (second stage), cut-granite surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding over framing four-over-four timber sash windows. Elliptical-headed window opening in bipartite arrangement (top stage), cut-granite surround having moulded reveals with hood moulding over framing four-over-four timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (ground floor), cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals with hood mouldings over framing two-over-two timber sash windows without horns. Elliptical-headed window openings in bipartite arrangement (half-dormer attic) with cut-granite surrounds having moulded reveals framing four-over-four timber sash windows without horns. Interior including (ground floor anticlockwise): off-central entrance hall on a rectangular plan retaining carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters with carved timber surrounds to opposing door openings framing timber panelled doors, rosette-detailed cut-veined grey marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; morning room or study (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, cut-black marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; drawing room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, cut-white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; library (east) on an elongated half-octagonal plan retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled double doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; dining room (south-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters, cut-white marble Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; double-height staircase hall (south-west) on a square plan retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, cantilevered staircase on a dog leg plan with "Lotus"-detailed balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in pillar, carved timber surround to window opening to half-landing framing timber panelled reveals, carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors, and moulded plasterwork cornice to coved ceiling centred on "Acanthus"-detailed plasterwork ceiling rose; and (first floor): carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in unkempt landscaped grounds.