Tibradden House

Detached three-bay (four-bay deep) two-storey country house, built 1859-61, on a square plan centred on single-bay full-height pedimented recessed breakfront with distyle in antis portico to ground floor; four-bay two-storey rear (west) elevation. Hipped slate roof on a U-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), roll moulded clay ridge tiles, paired rendered central chimney stacks having "Cavetto"-detailed cut-granite capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded box eaves retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered monolithic pilasters to corners. Square-headed central door opening behind distyle in antis portico approached by flight of four cut-granite steps, timber doorcase with panelled pilasters on padstones supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on blind frieze, and concealed dressings framing timber panelled door having sidelights on panelled risers below overlight. Paired round-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sill, and moulded rendered surrounds framing one-over-one timber sash windows. Square-headed window openings with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing one-over-one (ground floor) or two-over-two (first floor) timber sash windows with two-over-two timber sash windows to rear (west) elevation. Interior including (ground floor): central entrance hall retaining herring bone-pattern timber parquet floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, columnar screen with "scagliola" Corinthian columns having responsive pilasters, and egg-and-dart-detailed decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling on grape-and-vine leaf-detailed frieze; drawing 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 on panelled risers, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; dining 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 on panelled risers, and decorative plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on decorative plasterwork ceiling rose; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters on panelled risers. Set in landscaped grounds.