Dawn House Including Attached Walling Steps And Railings

Dawn House, built in 1907 by Ernest Newton, is a Neo-Georgian style house forming a roughly L-shape. It is constructed of brown brick with red brick and stone dressings, and has a hipped tiled roof with four panelled brick chimneystacks. The house has two storeys and attics, and the front elevation features eight windows and three gabled dormers, the central one with a Venetian window and bargeboards. A deep bracketed eaves cornice runs along the roofline. Most windows are 12-pane sashes, cambered on the ground floor, although the windows flanking the entrance porch have eight panes. The fourth bay from the right projects as a two-storey entrance porch with a cambered window above a large round-headed doorcase supported by brackets. A single-storey wing is located on the left side, with two casement windows. The garden elevation includes a small, central gabled dormer with casements and large side gables with bargeboards and Venetian-inspired windows that incorporate French windows with an iron balcony. Each end of the house features two three-light canted bays with 12-pane sashes, cambered on the ground floor. A central Tuscan-style curved porch with a domed lead roof, glazed in at the time of survey, adds to the design. Attached to the house is a brick terrace wall, leading to a stone and brick-paved terrace with two flights of stone steps and original cast iron handrails. The interior retains some two-panelled doors, round-headed arches in the entrance hall and to the staircase, which has slender balusters. The house is documented in several publications, including "Buildings of England: Hampshire" and "The Work of Ernest Newton RA."