3, South Road

This is a house, later converted to flats, likely dating from around 1850, with significant remodelling occurring between 1875 and 1881. It was designed by Watson Fothergill of Nottingham and is constructed of red brick with blue brick and ashlar detailing, incorporating timber framing with patterned brick infill, and slate roofs of varying styles. The building is characterised by seven tall, panelled side wall stacks. The architectural style is Domestic Revival. The house features a plinth and a band at first floor level. Windows are primarily plain sashes and casements, mostly with wooden cross frames. It is arranged over two and three storeys, plus attics, with a floor plan in a ‘T’ shape.

Watson Fothergill extended the house several times, resulting in a highly irregular facade. The street front, facing east, includes a square three-storey tower with a pyramidal roof and small raking dormers to the right. This tower features a two-storey canted bay window with a balustrade, surmounted by three large single windows. The rear elevation has a two-stage, round stair turret with stepped windows and a conical spire roof. To the left of the turret is a bay with mullioned windows, topped with a jettied gable containing a three-light window. Further left is an external stack and several small windows.

The garden front, facing south, includes a wing with a three-storey, three-light canted bay window with a timber-framed gable. A canted wooden bay window with three lights is positioned to the left, above which is a timber-framed first floor with a canted oriel window set beneath a crenellated crest. To the left again is a higher gabled bay, fronted by a glazed wooden verandah spanning three bays. Adjacent to this is a recessed bay containing a doorway and a timber-framed upper floor under a hipped roof. The left-hand end has a large, half-hipped bay with a canted front and four segment-arched windows. The first floor is timber-framed, featuring a five-light window, with each light having its own small hipped roof. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are present.