Lowood

Lowood is an early 19th century house with additions dating to approximately 1903. The house is constructed of painted red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a slate roof and lead flashings. It is two storeys tall with an attic.

The front of the house has a symmetrical arrangement of three bays. The central doorway features an eight-panel door, the upper four panels glazed and the lower four raised and fielded, surmounted by a fanlight. A classical porch with Tuscan columns, plain entablature with dentils, and mutule blocks provides access via three steps. Flanking the porch are tripartite bow windows, featuring central curved sash windows with 3x4 panes, horned and separated by fluted mullions, with dentils and mutule blocks to the moulded cornices. The porch and lateral bows have flat lead roofs and wrought iron balustrades dating to the 20th century. The first floor has three sash windows of 3x4 panes, all horned, with the central bay projecting slightly. Three dormer windows, each with a flat head and a sash window of 3x4 panes with a moulded cornice, are present in the attic.

The right-hand side of the house has a gable end with an arched window to the ground floor and a projecting late 19th century conservatory with a lean-to roof. Attached to the right of the conservatory is a wing dating to approximately 1903, characterised by random window placement. A two-storey addition is present on the left-hand side, featuring a ground floor window of four lights with pilaster buttresses and a hipped roof. A recessed wing to the left of the addition also features random fenestration.

The interior includes a drawing room with a white variegated marble chimney piece, scroll brackets, a mantel shelf with panels, a moulded dado rail, and a six-panel door with raised and fielded panels and a fluted and gadrooned surround with roundels to the upper corners. Round-headed niches are situated either side of the hearth. The dining room has a similar arrangement of central chimney piece with lateral arched niches; a late 19th century chimney piece has been inserted. A two-flight staircase with quarter-turns at the bottom and top features moulded mahogany newel posts, a ramped handrail, and stick balusters. Hob grates are found in some first floor rooms, and a further staircase leads to the attic level.