29 Storey's Way

29 Storey's Way is a Georgian-style house built in 1922 to the designs of the architect M. H. Baillie Scott. It is constructed of buff-coloured brick laid in English cross bond, partly painted white, with brick dressings and a brown plain tile roof. The building follows an approximately square double-pile plan with a small service projection on the north corner.

The house exemplifies Baillie Scott's interpretation of the Georgian style. It presents three bays and two storeys, with the upper storey contained within a mansard roof featuring hipped gables on the end bays of both main elevations and a simple moulded eaves cornice. Four tall chimneys of exposed brick with delicate capping project from the gable ends, positioned two on each side just inwards from the corner.

The south-west elevation forms the frontage and is painted white except for the dentilled band running above the lintels. The fenestration is set flush in the wall and consists mostly of six-over-six pane horned sashes in moulded frames with gauged arches of exposed brick. The central bay contains double-leaf French windows with a window on either side, all fitted with jalousies. The upper floor has three wedge-shaped dormer windows with two-light casements above the eaves line. The north-east elevation is similar except the roof over the central bay sweeps downward below the eaves line. The central and right bays, which light the service areas, have casements, while the left bay has a new door (replacing a sash window) leading to a late twentieth-century conservatory.

The front door is positioned on the north-west gable end in a central, slightly recessed painted section between the two chimneys. It is a six-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight featuring a delicate batwing pattern and a classical doorcase with square pilasters bearing moulded capitals and a pagoda-shaped canopy. This is flanked by oval windows with radial metal glazing bars set in moulded wooden frames with brick surrounds. The upper floor is lit by three four-over-four pane sashes. The south-east gable end is similar but has two six-over-six pane sashes and two casements above. The flat-roofed single-storey service block projecting from the north corner has a partially glazed door and sliding sash window on the north-east side and a casement on the south-west side, all set under gauged brick arches.

The interior displays good quality fixtures, fittings and painted joinery in an elegant, understated Georgian style. Two-panelled doors in moulded doorframes are found throughout. The reception rooms feature narrow moulded skirting boards and cornices, and with the exception of the study, are laid with narrow board floors. The central staircase hall provides access to the drawing room, study, dining room and kitchen, each occupying a corner of the house. The hall is divided spatially by a pair of square pilasters with moulded capitals, an effect repeated in the long sitting room. The fireplace in the sitting room has a classical surround with an ogee frieze and delicately patterned floral tiles, though the grate has been replaced with an electric fire. The dining room and study have plain fireplace surrounds with a raised tablet, retaining neither tiles nor grate; the study includes built-in bookcases and cupboards. The dogleg stair with a winder at the turn rises elegantly from the hall, featuring an open string with decoratively carved tread ends with two stick balusters per tread supporting a mahogany handrail that is ramped at the turn and twists at the bottom. The balusters coil around circular newel posts. A wall-mounted handrail is a later addition. The landing formerly had a domed ceiling lit by a skylight, which has since been boarded over owing to leakage.

In the service area, the kitchen retains some original built-in cupboards with replaced handles and the service hatch to the dining room. The scullery has a red tiled floor and a deep ceramic sink with teak surround and draining board. Three small rooms on the north-west side of the scullery, originally labelled as W.C., fuel and larder, do not retain any original fittings. On the first floor, the three principal bedrooms have deeply coved ceilings rising from moulded picture rails. The one remaining fireplace has a plain surround with brackets supporting the mantelshelf and beautiful tiles with bird and floral designs. Some bedrooms have built-in cupboards, and there is a built-in linen cupboard on the landing.

The attached conservatory and the garage and shed in the north corner of the garden are later additions and are excluded from the listing.