Beauchamp House

Beauchamp House is a villa, dating to circa 1837, and later altered. It is now divided into three flats. It was likely designed by William Buddle, Sr and Jr, who were also responsible for numbers 19 and 21 Beauchamp Hill. The building is constructed of brick with painted stucco facades, and has a Welsh slate roof.

The villa has two storeys with an attic and a basement, featuring three first-floor windows, with the main house set back to the left. The central entrance is accessed by two steps leading to a five-panel door with an overlight, situated within a distyle Doric porch. This porch has engaged pilasters, an architrave, a frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. The windows are 6/6 sashes in plain reveals with sills, and are full-height on the ground floor. A continuous first-floor band runs around the building. The basement windows are 8/8 and 3/3 sashes. The main facade features a frieze, cornice, and a low parapet, which steps to the left recess. There is a roof stack.

The return to the right side of the building features three 6/6 sashes on the ground floor, three on the first floor, with two 3/6 sashes to the gable end; a small 6/6 sash is located in the basement.

The rear garden facade includes an off-centre bow window extending through the basement and ground floor, two 6/9 sashes on the ground floor, and two 6/6 sashes in the basement. A continuous first-floor band and cornice with a blocking course run above the bow window. Elsewhere, the rear facade has 6/6 and 4/4 sashes. A round-arched staircase window with fixed lights is situated on the right return, alongside 6/6 and 3/6 sashes.

The interior has not been inspected.

A historical note indicates that a Board of Health Map from 1852 showed this villa as part of an unfinished plan for a circus, with houses facing inwards. The original garden facades were intended to be the main fronts. The scheme, initially called Bertie Circus, was abandoned by 1838 when DG Squirhill’s Survey named it Clarendon Crescent. This villa was likely the last to be built, as it maintains a coherent front and garden facade. The original architectural scheme for numbers 1-9 (consecutive) Clarendon Crescent and numbers 15 and 17 Beauchamp Hill, characterized by a series of full-height bows, is best appreciated from the rear (garden) facade.