Drayton House

Drayton House is a detached villa dating to around 1850. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond, with stone dressings, and has Welsh slate roofs, both hipped and gabled. The house features an axial entrance hall plan, with rooms arranged around it, a lateral open-well staircase (with its own side entrance hall), and service areas to the rear.

The north entrance front has a slightly off-centre entrance with a gabled wing to the right. Deeply overhanging eaves have a moulded gutter and bargeboarding supported by large shaped brackets, extending around the house except for the rear elevation. A two-storey canted stone bay window is present on the right wing, featuring horned sashes above and French windows below. A stone porch with entablature and pilasters supports a prominent cast-iron and glazed portico with a barrel-vaulted glazed roof, decorative brackets on Gothic columns, and decorative ironwork in the tympanum, projecting over a flight of steps. A sashed window sits above in a stone architrave. To the left of the porch is an extruded chimney stack flanked at ground floor by round-headed single-light windows with radiating glazing bars and stone surrounds. A cast-iron verandah, consisting of four and six unequal bays, runs along this front and continues along the east front, both featuring decorative ironwork.

The east elevation has two horned sashed windows at ground floor with shouldered architraves, and two large round-headed windows at first floor with keyed stone surrounds, run-out sill and impost bands, and prominent projected gables with finials. A porch features a panelled double door with glazed overlight, a stone surround and pediment, and paired round-headed windows on the sides. A gabled wing has a large segmental-headed two-light window at ground floor, and a three-light window with round heads at first floor, all with keyed stone surrounds; oversailing eaves feature a finial.

The west elevation includes a gabled wing with fenestration similar to that of the east elevation, plus a round-headed attic window with a small cast-iron balcony on stone brackets. A single window bay sits under a gable, featuring a round-headed window to first floor with a stone surround, the apron of which connects with the ground-floor window with a moulded architrave. A two-bay expanse of plain brickwork is punctuated by two small triangular latticed windows at first floor. The rear is simpler, with a later oriel window.

The interior remains largely intact, with hall panelling incorporating door surrounds, decorative master ceilings, a tiled floor, and a staircase with cast-iron balusters and a wreathed handrail. Fragments of coloured glass are present in the stair window, and there are ornate fire surrounds.