Playford Grange Playford Mount

This is a house built in 1867 by E.C. Hakewill for his own use. It is constructed in the Victorian Gothic style and is now divided into two separate dwellings. The house is two stories high with an attic, built of red brick with decorative terracotta detailing. The steeply pitched roof is covered in slate and includes dormers on the garden side, finished with slate pyramids. The internal chimneys are made of red brick. Most of the windows are sash windows, set within terracotta surrounds that have trefoil detailing at the heads. Two single-story bay windows feature large terracotta mullioned and transomed casements. A wheel window, composed of eight terracotta trefoils, illuminates the staircase within a high, gabled space. A two-story entrance porch with a pyramid roof is open at ground level, featuring a pointed, moulded limestone arch supported by circular columns with carved foliage capitals. A steeply-roofed, fully-glazed conservatory extends from the east side, with its roof supported by portal frames. The portion of the house now known as Playford Grange suffered fire damage in the mid-20th century but retains a gabled porte-cochère facing the road.