Description

TF 9813
640/2/97
03.11.1998

QUEBEC ROAD
No. 12 (Connaught Villa) and No.14 (Acacia Villa)

II

Pair of villas. 1849, by W. Austin. Red brick with gault brick dressings and artificial stone window arches. Slate roofs. Italianate style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 6-window range. Central giant pilaster. Each house is 3-window range with central recessed half-glazed door under plain fanlight flanked by a double and a triple 1/1 horned sash, the triple sash to the centre of elevation. Arched window heads. Gault brick platband. First floor of each house with central 1/1 horned sash under arched heads, one double 1/1 horned sash to outside and one Venetian window to centre of elevation, with 1/1 horned sashes. Gault brick eaves cornice rising over the 4 larger windows. Shaped gable ends with internal stacks. Central ridge stack. Single recessed bay set back to north and south returns.
No.12 with arched conservatory abutting south return: cast-iron sole plate and cast-iron glazing bars fitted with lap-glazed panes. Rear elevation with 2-storey hipped central extension. 2- and 3-light casements.
INTERIOR: stick-baluster staircases with wreathed handrails and turned newels. 6-panelled doors to principal rooms.

Listing NGR: TF9880413698

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