Numbers 21 And 23 With Attached Walls And Railings

Numbers 21 and 23, with attached walls and railings, are a pair of semi-detached villas dating from circa 1834-1838, with later alterations. The buildings are constructed of pinkish-brown brick with a painted stucco facade, a Welsh slate roof, and cast-iron railings, and are built in a Neo-Tudor style.

The villas are two storeys with an attic to the gables and a basement, with four first-floor windows, two to each house. The outer bays project and are gabled. The first floor has a band, and the outer bays feature 2/2 sash windows, while the others have 1/1 sashes. All windows have chamfered surrounds and hoodmoulds; the two leftmost windows have blind boxes. The attic gables have a central 6-pane casement window with a pointed-arched overlight in a chamfered, pointed-arched surround, also with a hoodmould featuring male and female head stops. Further 6-pane casements are present on each gable with plain reveals. A blind arcade is positioned centrally on the upper storey, above which is a corbel table, and then another blind arcade.

The ground floor features a castellated pair of central porches with five roll-edged steps leading to pointed-arched openings with roll-moulded surrounds. Within the porches are part-glazed doors with Gothic tracery to the upper panels and pointed-arched overlights with stained glass and Gothic glazing bars. The outer bays have an unequally-hung, tall 1/1 sash window to the left and a 6/9 sash window to the right, both with verandahs featuring a 4-centred-arched balustrade, posts, and a cusped frieze. Basement windows are 8/8 sashes, with concealed entrances below the steps. Gables have finials to the centre and sides, and end stacks are present. The rear of the buildings has 8/8 sash windows.

The interior of number 23 includes shutters to several rooms. The entrance hall has a cornice with fleurons, and the sitting room has a cornice with foliage. A dogleg staircase has stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. Most doors are four-panel doors. Coal cellars are located under the driveway.

The property includes decorative lancet railings across the front and to the sides of the steps. To the right is a castellated wall with pointed-arched, chamfered openings. A similar wall and opening is located to the left, but with battlements partly removed; this adjoins number 19.

The villas are part of Leam Terrace, which was laid out circa 1828-1836, with almost all of Willes Road built by 1841.