Oak Hill

Oak Hill is a late 18th-century villa built for James Leacock, an ancestor of Stephen Leacock, who also lived there in his childhood. The original part of the villa is stucco-faced and has a band between the two storeys and a plinth. Towards the mid-19th century, slightly recessed end bays were added. The roof has a low pitch and is covered in slate, with projecting eaves. It has five windows with recessed sash glazing bars and intact glazing bars, along with block sills and Venetian shutters. A central porch of square section features Tuscan columns and an entablature, with a modern glazed door. To the left of the porch is a small head set in a jointed arch with crockets, derived from St Helen's Priory on Priory Road, St Helen's. A bowed extension was added to the north in the 1930s, designed to match the original house. Creeper covers both fronts of the building. The south side features a bow window of three lights and two bay windows of three lights on the ground floor, with pilasters between the lights, a frieze, and a cornice; the glazing bars are intact. An early to mid-19th century wing was added to the rear, with three recessed sash windows and intact glazing bars.