Uplands

This is a substantial house built in 1863 by Hine & Evans for CA Biddell, director of Ransomes of Ipswich. It is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond, incorporating snapped headers to create cavity walls, with slate roofs.

The north front has three windows and a central half-glazed door flanked by single-pane sash windows. A string course runs along the first floor, and a central arched staircase window has margin glazing, with further sashes to each side. All openings, except the staircase window, have artificial stone lintels and sills. The cornice features a banding of burnt headers. The house has twin hipped roofs. The west front features a canted bay on both ground and first floors, with a projecting bay to the left. Between these bays is a conservatory dating to around 1870, with cast-iron standards, brackets, and a balustrade. A timber extension was added around 1880 to the left. The first floor has a central French window opening onto a balcony, plus arched windows with timbered hoods over the canted and projecting bays. A datestone reading "1863 CAB" is positioned above the entrance. The south front presents a full-height canted bay to the left and a projecting bay to the right. The ground floor of the right bay has a Venetian window with columns terminating in daisy capitals. The first floor is marked by a string course, and an arched sash window is situated above. Chimneys are located on the south front, on the north-east plane, and a transverse ridge stack is visible on the west front.

The main entrance is on the west side, through a doorway designed as a Venetian window with columns similarly adorned with daisy capitals. The entrance features a six-panelled pine door. The entrance hall and staircase hall have original coloured encaustic tiles. An open-string staircase has turned balusters and a ramped and weathered handrail. Six-panelled doors are present throughout the ground floor, along with intact door furniture. A half-glazed doorway leads to a rear (north) lobby. The south-west corner has a drawing room arranged in an octagonal shape, featuring a marble fireplace with consoles, working bell pulls, a plaster vine trail to the cornice, a Venetian window with panelled rising shutters, an arched display alcove, and brass picture rails. The east-facing dining room also boasts a marble fireplace with scrolled consoles, an arched register insert, bell pulls, and a window with panelled side shutters and exposed sash weights operating via external pulleys. A larder, storeroom, and kitchen contain shelving and cupboards. A tiled scullery is located to the east of the kitchen. A back lobby features a wash basin and toilet with an enclosed cistern and original sanitary ware. The staircase window has exposed sash weights in the form of cast-iron stacking bobbins. First-floor rooms have four-panelled doors, and a toilet retains fittings dated 1907.