Beechcroft

Beechcroft is a large house probably designed in 1885 by Ernest Newton, with interior features dating to around 1911. The house is two storeys and has attics. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the first floor is tile hung. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof with three tall brick stacks. A gabled dormer is located on the left side. The central section projects forward and is designed to appear as timber framing, with plastered surfaces and decorative wooden bargeboards. A four-light casement window in the attic and a first-floor casement set within a wooden architrave featuring an open pediment and flanking wooden caryatids (male and female figures) are notable features. Windows are generally double or triple casements, designed to resemble mullioned and transomed casements. A simple round-headed doorcase is on the right-hand side, and the main, off-centre doorcase has a relieving arch and a heavy wooden cornice, topped with a traceried fanlight. The rear elevation features two gables and canted bays extending through all floors. The lounge contains fine panelling, likely dating to around 1911, with pseudo-Adams style medallions and swags above the cornice and anthemion motifs. The house has group value with the neighbouring property at No 17.