Numbers 19, 20 And 21 And Walls, Gate Piers And Former Lodge

Numbers 19, 20, and 21 Lyndhurst Road are a group of three houses, accompanied by walls, gate piers, and a former lodge. The houses date to 1897-8 and were designed by Horace Field, while the former lodge, attributed to SS Teulon, was built in 1865. The houses are constructed of red brick with stone dressings, timber windows, and a Westmorland slate gambrelled roof. They exhibit a symmetrical Neo-Georgian style.

The houses are two storeys high with dormers in the roof. The front elevation has deeply projecting wings and a central section nine windows wide; the central five windows belong to number 20 and feature a stone hood over the entrance and a stone surround to the first-floor window above, topped with a wooden pediment over the eaves cornice. The windows are sash, and cast-iron downpipes and a gutter head bear the date '1898'. Eyebrow dormers are present in the roof. The wings have deep hipped gables and irregular flank elevations. Tall brick chimneys rise from the ridge and flanks. The former lodge, now used as a garage to number 19, is attached to the north-east corner and is in a plain Tudor style, displaying a date plaque from 1865. A brick garden wall extends to the front, featuring tall square brick piers capped with stone, and later incorporates a wooden fence and gate.

The interiors of numbers 20 and 21 were not inspected, but number 19 retains its original floor plan, with a service wing at the front. The original features include a main balustraded staircase, a winder service staircase with a dumb waiter, veneered two-panel doors with original ironmongery, virtually all fireplaces, an original wooden dresser, and original WC compartments with green glazed tiles, sinks, and a bath on a lead tray.

Historically, Rosslyn House, an older Hampstead property, stood to the south of Lyndhurst Road. The grounds of Rosslyn House were reduced when Lyndhurst Road was developed in the 1860s, leading to the construction of the new lodge. Rosslyn House was subsequently demolished in 1896. Numbers 19-21 Lyndhurst Road form a noteworthy group with other houses in Lyndhurst Gardens designed by Field and Harry B Measures.