Centre Cliff

Centre Cliff is a two-storey, five-bay town house built in 1829 for Reverend Thomas Sheriffe. It was later subdivided into two dwellings and partially rebuilt at the rear in 1949 following damage during World War II. The main block is of stuccoed brick with a slate roof, featuring panelled stacks at each end and at the rear.

The exterior features a projecting single-storey porch in the centre, supported by two Ionic columns and a plain entablature, now glazed. A balcony with cast-iron railings extends from the first-floor French doors above the porch. The ground floor has French windows, with those to the left of the porch lacking glazing bars. The remaining four first-floor windows are 6/6 sash windows. A dentilled eaves cornice sits beneath a balustraded parapet, punctuated by pedestal piers supporting free-standing shell finials.

The interior of No.1 Centre Cliff was inspected and includes a closed-string staircase with turned balusters, inserted in 1978. Hardwood panelled doors are present throughout. The first-floor landing features a plaster frieze copied from the Elgin marbles. A previous list description from 1971 noted a staircase with wrought-iron balustrade, a ceiling with enriched spandrels lit by an octagonal lantern, marble pilasters with Corinthian capitals, and one room with an elaborate panelled and enriched ceiling.