20, Morgans Road

This is a house dating to 1910, with later minor alterations, designed by Louis Moore for his own residence. It is constructed in the Arts and Crafts style using roughcast brick, raised from a brick plinth, with tall, decorative brick stacks. The roof is tiled, with a significantly deeper slope at the rear.

The east-facing elevation is two storeys high with attics, and consists of four bays. A centrally-placed doorway is sheltered by a semicircular arch with a wide tile-on-edge surround, above narrow red brick quoining. The door is of stained plank construction, with a glazed panel. A wide stack, stepped and featuring a central panel of knapped flint and upper shafts with three flues and a deep, corbelled capping, stands to the left of the doorway. To the right, a wide gable is roughcast except for a weatherboarded apex. Four-light timber mullioned windows with leaded lights are present on both the ground and first floors, each protected by a plain drip mould. An attic window, also with two lights, sits above the weatherboarding. A further four-light window is located on the ground floor in the fourth bay, also beneath a drip mould. A narrow stair window is situated at half-landing level to the north of the doorway, and three cellar windows are set in or just above the brick plinth.

The west-facing elevation is dominated by a broad, off-centre gable with a weatherboarded apex above a two-light attic window. First-floor windows wrap around each corner, each with two lights. A central, canted bay window comprises two, three, and two lights, and is covered by a steeply-pitched tile roof. To the right is a former loggia, now enclosed with original double doors from a former setback entry, and a screen consisting of four half-glazed panels. Above the loggia is a large, gabled dormer. A tall brick stack stands to the left of the gable.

The interior plan remains largely original and undisturbed, with principal rooms featuring built-in furniture. The main reception room contains a gabled section with an inglenook fireplace, plank panelling, and a separate seat recess. A secondary room at the south end has a hearth, a settle, and a cupboard. The kitchen and pantry are fitted with dresser cupboards. The turned baluster staircase has a broad moulded rail. A stair window and relocated double doors leading to the garden entrance display decorative leading and coloured glass panels. First-floor bedrooms include hearths with shouldered bolection mould surrounds, one featuring a Delft tile insert. Six-panel doors, moulded architraves, skirtings, and picture rails are found throughout the house.

The house is set within mature gardens designed in a contemporary style. It represents an unaltered example of a late Arts and Crafts style house, incorporating references to local vernacular traditions, with a significant portion of original interior design, fittings, and fixtures remaining.