Little Shaw

Little Shaw is a house and attached garage, designed by M.H. Baillie Scott for Mr. Samuels in 1898, though it was not occupied until 1910. An attached garage was added by the architect in 1913, and a rear bay in the 1920s. Some building materials were sourced from Newgate Prison and the former Old Bailey. The house is built in a Vernacular Revival style.

The exterior is primarily pebble-galleted Merstham stone, with timber framing and plaster infilling, and tile hanging. The roof is tiled, punctuated by two clustered brick chimneystacks. The design is irregular and two storeys high, featuring south-facing windows. The left end bay is stone with galleting and contains two casement windows, one set within a round-headed opening filled with brick. Two bays to the right have exposed framing on the first floor with plaster infill (a box frame with curved brace), and a ground floor of stone with galleting. The first floor has two casement windows with leaded lights, and the ground floor has a single casement. Further to the right is a projecting gabled bay with fishscale tile hanging and a four-light casement to the first floor and two casements to the ground floor. A one-storey end bay to the right is covered in fishscale tiles and features a single casement.

The attached coachhouse of 1913 is of stone with galleting, a half-hipped tiled roof and a clustered brick stack to the rear. It has original double wooden doors with a pattern of metal studs.

The rear elevation features timber framing over a brick ground floor to the right, and a curved bay at the extreme right. A central projection has an M-shaped roof and a projecting gable. The first floor is hung with curved tiles and the ground floor is a stretcher bond brickwork, with casement windows and canted bays to the centre.

The interior remains remarkably unaltered. The parlour has a four-centred stone fireplace with a duck's nest grate, a three-panelled door with elaborate hinges, and a window seat to the curved bay. The hall features a wide stone fireplace with side seats and a side window, alongside a window seat and a plank door to a straight flight staircase. Several other plank doors boast ornamental hinges and a pattern of studs, and oak floorboards are present throughout.