Breach House

Breach House is a house dating from about 1905, designed by E.P. Warren for his own use. It's constructed of cement render on brick, with an old plain-tile hipped roof and brick internal stacks. The house follows an H-plan, with a service wing to its right side. It’s built in an Early Georgian style and is two storeys and an attic, with a seven-window facade arranged in a 2:3:2 window range. The central entrance is a mix-panel door recessed within a moulded eared architrave surround, topped with a segmental pediment. The windows are mostly two-light small-pane casements, except for cross-windows in the centre of the first floor and on the ground floor to the right. All windows have ovolo-moulded surrounds; those on the ground floor have floating cornices. Rectangular ovolo-moulded panels are positioned between the ground and first floors. The roof has deep eaves and is bell-cast, with hipped cross-gables on the left and right sides. Three hipped dormers are located centrally, the centre dormer having a three-light casement, with single casements to the left and right. An internal stack is to the left of the centre, and an end stack is on the right. The rear elevation also has two storeys and an attic, with a seven-window range arranged in a 2:3:2 window range. A recessed loggia is centered on the rear, featuring two Doric columns. The rear windows are two-light small-pane inwards-opening casements with ovolo-moulded surrounds. Ground floor windows on the left and right have floating cornices, and all rear windows have louvred shutters. The interior includes a segmental arcade in the hall and an ovolo-moulded stone surround to the hall fireplace. The drawing room to the left contains two moulded fireplaces with bracketed cornices, above which are early 19th century flower paintings built into the chimney.