Athenrye Court (Flats)

Athenrye Court is a house, dating from the early 18th century, possibly with earlier origins. It was remodelled and extended in the late 18th or early 19th century, with further extensions and alterations in the later 19th century. In the 20th century, it was converted into flats. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a plain tile roof, coped gable ends and brick axial and gable end stacks. The original house is a long, seven-bay structure, extended to the southeast and northwest. A porch was added in the late 18th or early 19th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, the building was extended into a former South Lodge on the northwest side and heightened. The original house features a three-bay, one-bay, three-bay arrangement with a tall plinth, parapet and moulded brick cornice. It has tall sash windows on the ground floor and smaller sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. A large, projecting two-storey porch with a Venetian window above a 20th-century glazed ground floor is centrally positioned. A two-bay addition, set back, was constructed in the late 18th or early 19th century. A later 19th-century wing is located on the left with a projecting end bay window. A single-storey and attic range sits on the extreme left, with a mansard roof, adjoined by an annexe (formerly South Lodge), two stories tall (the second story being added in 1928-30). The South Lodge’s façade features two 16-pane sashes at the centre of the ground floor, along with doorways to the right and left, both with pilastered, Doric doorcases and pediments. The fenestration above and on the left-hand return facing Cumberland Street has been altered. A three-bay wing extends to the rear and features a large lunette in the end wall. A detached lodge, Warden's Lodge, from the mid-19th century, is located to the west. It is built of gault brick with a slate roof and a pedimented gable end to the street, featuring pilasters and two 16-pane sashes with pilastered surrounds. The only accessible interior feature is a 20th-century staircase at the centre of the original range.