113 Castle Hill

House, rebuilt in the 1850s, with possible earlier core.

MATERIALS: stuccoed with stone dressings and a roof covering of slate with two, tile-hung mansard roof dormers with timber-clad inner cheeks to the rear roof slope.

PLAN AND EXTERIOR: three storeys plus basement across two bays, the easternmost of which is very wide. The principal elevation onto Castle Hill is of an Italianate design in stucco, with four, channelled, Giant Order Tuscan pilasters rising through the ground and first floors to an entablature containing floral bosses in a frieze. The pilasters rise through an intermediate cornice between the ground- and first-floor levels. The easternmost pilaster sits at the corner of the house and returns onto the eastern elevation along with the entablature above.

The main entrance is in the western bay of the principal elevation and comprises a large moulded doorcase with a bracketed hood accessed via a flight of stone steps with modern rendered walls. To the left (east) is a round-arched sash window set within a moulded surround with rusticated keystone and bracketed sill. The first and second floors each contain two sash windows with margin glazing, with those on the second floor being smaller and having moulded sills. Between the first- and second-floor windows are ornamental panels.

The eastern elevation facing onto Field Road is smooth rendered and contains two margin-glazed sashes within moulded surrounds on the ground floor and stair landing. At basement level, the render is scored to imitate ashlar and contains a window of mid-C20 glass blocks to light the basement. The base of the wall and part of the pavement is tiled with modern tiles. There is a tall rendered link wall between the house and 1 Field Road.

The rear (southern) elevation, partially visible from the street, is smooth rendered and rises through two storeys plus a mansard roof. The first floor contains two six-over-six sash windows, immediately above which runs a line of brick dentils indicating the former eaves height prior to the addition of the mansard roof.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURE: a rendered and scored wall runs between the rear of the property and the neo-Georgian building to the south (Marven House). This wall is approximately 2-3m in height and contains a doorway with steps leading up to it from Field Road. In front of this wall, bordering Field Road, is a lower, rendered boundary wall.