Lea House

Lea House is a late 18th century or early 19th century building located on Upper Strand Street. It has two storeys and features two windows. The exterior is finished with stucco and has a wooden eaves cornice. The roof is covered with modern tiles, but the glazing bars remain intact. The entrance is a recessed doorway flanked by pilasters, topped with a projecting cornice and a rectangular fanlight. The door is a six-panel fielded design, with the top two panels being glazed. There is a 19th-century gas lamp on a bracket at the corner of Lea House, which has been converted to electricity. This lamp features a mounted lantern supported by four curved ogee braces, with a square plan that is larger at the top than at the bottom. The lantern is adorned with anthemion foliage at each corner of its sloping roof and has a bell-shaped vent with a scalloped cap and finial on top. Lea House is part of a group with Nos 2 to 12 (even) and Nos 11 to 19 (odd) on High Street.