Stratford House

Stratford House is a large house, dating to the early 19th century with later 19th-century additions, and restored in the late 20th century. The house is constructed of ashlar with a hipped slate roof. It has three storeys, with a five-window central block flanked by projecting two-storey, hipped-roof bays. The central doorway features three-quarter Doric columns supporting an entablature, framing a round-arched entrance. The windows are mostly glazing bar sashes, with apron panels to the ground-floor windows and continuous sill bands. The windows have plain lintels. A heavy cornice and blocking course runs along the top of the building, with end stacks. The outer bays have mullioned windows, with four-light transoms to the ground floor and three-light windows above; these bays are finished with an eaves cornice and blocking course. The interior includes a large room on the ground floor’s left side, featuring Corinthian columns in antis. The staircase has a wooden balustrade to the ground floor and cast-iron panels and a moulded handrail on the first floor. At the time of survey, the property was undergoing restoration, and is now the premises of the Serbian National Centre Social Club.