St Valery

This is a villa built in 1880 by Sextus Dyball. It is constructed from yellow stock brick, with red brick and some stone dressings, and has steeply pitched tiled roofs with cresting along the ridges and finials at the peaks. The eaves overhang and are supported by ornate brackets. The building is asymmetrical, with three and four storeys, and attics. A prominent tower-like wing is on the left, and a lower wing is on the right, connected by a canted bay that fronts the road. The entrance is slightly set back and accessed by a long flight of steps, which are an integral part of the design.

The left-hand wing has a semi-basement and three full storeys. Windows are paired sashes, set beneath flat, gauged red brick arches with rendered stone keystones. Ground floor windows have pointed red brick arches, rendered stone imposts, and a scalloped frieze above the window head. Ornate cast iron balconies are in front of each window. Decorative brick bands, consisting of raised, flush, and dentilled brickwork, are visible above the basement window arches, between the storeys above, and as cill bands to the upper two storeys and impost bands to the first and upper storeys. A moulded stone impost band is at ground floor level. A full dormer with a hipped roof and a two-light casement is also present. The left-hand return, a single bay, is similarly detailed.

The central single bay features a flight of marble steps flanked by marble panels and a parapet built on a brick base. These lead to a pair of part-glazed porch doors. A glazed canopy once extended the full length of the front, but only remnants remain. The porch is gabled and contains inner single panel glazed doors with plain fanlights and acanthus corbel details on either side. A first-floor window mirrors that of the tower wing. A small blind opening above is finished with a pointed red brick arch. A parapet with rendered embattling completes the facade.

The pitched roof behind the right-hand wing rises to two full storeys, a semi-basement, and attics; it is similarly detailed with continuous brick banding. A canted bay extends across the semi-basement and ground floor, surmounted by a glazed conservatory at the upper storey. Basement windows match those of the left-hand wing. The canted bay on the ground floor has replacement sashes in the original openings. The conservatory covers three openings to a terrace or balcony. A full dormer with a three-light casement is also present. Tall stacks with moulded bands and oversailing caps are located to the right and at the rear of the tower wing. To the right, a lean-to sun room has a five-bay window at the upper level and features applied pilasters between the bays, a dentilled cornice, and upper lozenge lights with stained glass.

The interior is said to contain a finely moulded staircase with moulded pendants. The inner hall has a panelled "dumb waiter”. Principal rooms are reported to retain moulded ceilings and fireplaces. Hardwood panelled doors are complemented by ornate architraves and doorcases.