120 and 122 Oxford Road

A pair of semi-detached villas built between the 1820s and the late 1830s. Numbers 120 and 122 were later converted to office use and then to flats. The buildings are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with stone or stucco dressings, and a slate roof. A later brick boundary wall with mild steel railings defines the site.

The villas are of classical design, presenting a symmetrical frontage to Oxford Road. They are two storeys high with a basement, and feature hipped roofs with a pitched element behind a large pediment on the south elevation. Number 120 has one dormer window facing north, and number 122 has one facing north and one facing south. A brick chimney stack rises centrally along the ridge line, marking the party wall between the properties.

The principal, southern elevation is four bays wide, with the central two bays projecting slightly and a narrow recess at ground and first floor levels. The roofline is concealed behind a parapet topped with a large, plain triangular pediment, and plat bands are located at the first-floor cill height and above the first-floor window heads. Each floor has four timber sash windows with gauged-brickwork heads. Basement windows at number 120 are six-over-six sashes, while those at number 122 are four-over-eight. Ground floor windows on the outer bays are six-over-six sashes, and those in the recessed bays are large, round-arched sashes with eight panes in the lower section. First-floor windows are all six-over-six sashes.

The main entrances are on the side elevations, accessed by stone-coped brick steps. Both doorways are set within round-arched recesses and feature sunburst fanlights. The six-panelled door of number 120 has the top two panels glazed, while the two-panelled door of number 122 has a linenfold pattern on the bottom panel. A two-storey toilet block with two modern casement windows and a single-storey outbuilding are attached to the north side of number 120. A single-storey brick outhouse is attached to the side elevation of number 122, separate from the staircase. Two six-over-six sash windows are located at second-floor level on the north ends of the side elevations, the south window being slightly taller on both properties.

The rear elevations of 120 and 122 are generally similar, featuring three sash windows and a modern door at basement level, two six-over-six sashes on the raised ground floor, and a single six-over-six sash window at first floor. The outer window opening on the raised ground floor of number 122 has been reduced in size. A brick boundary wall dating to the 19th century separates the rear gardens.