Mallory

Mallory is a house dating from 1933, designed by R. G. Madeley. It is constructed of whitewashed cement-rendered brick walls with a flat roof hidden behind a parapet, and features rendered brick lateral stacks. The house’s plan comprises a main range with a drawing room set in a wing to the northwest, featuring a semi-circular bay on the end (originally a balcony). A small entrance hall is centrally positioned, forming an angle with an octagonal stair tower to the rear and an octagonal dining room to the southeast. A short wing to the right side houses the kitchen and a scullery; a two-story wing is set back on the right, converted from a garage and outhouse. The house is in the Modern style.

The asymmetrical southwest front has three bays, with the right end splayed back and featuring a corner window and a lateral stack. It has wide Crittal metal frame casement windows with round concrete piers between the lights, with continuous bands of windows above and below on the first floor. A doorway near the centre includes multiple recessed jambs, an integral concrete canopy, and a later door with zigzag mouldings. A large semi-circular bay window, originally a balcony, is on the northwest end, with metal frame Crittal windows. Crittal windows are found at the rear (north), and a polygonal stair tower sits at the centre. A later two-story wing extends from the east end.

Internally, most of the original features remain, including veneered doors, architraves, fitted cupboards and a sideboard with a hatch between the dining room and kitchen. Other original features include polished limestone chimneypieces and bedroom fireplaces with original gas fires, radiator grilles, light fittings, concealed lighting in the drawing room, and an open-well staircase with a moulded handrail on a solid balustrade, topped with a lantern.