Upwood Gorse

This house, now divided, was built in three stages from 1873 for Queen Victoria's dentist. It is constructed of red brick with tile hanging above, and has plain tiled roofs. The main block has a hipped roof with two large ridge stacks in the centre, and further stacks to the rear. The house is in an L-shape, with an entrance court forming a re-entrant angle. The two-storey entrance block is set back on the left end, with a projecting block to the right, also two storeys high with an attic under a large hipped roof dormer. A single-storey wing projects from the right end. The front has three sash windows on the first floor to the left, followed by three more windows to the right, with a circular window at the right end. The main entrance is located at the junction of the two blocks, slightly to the left of centre. It features an arched recessed porch with stone impost blocks, leading to panelled and arched double doors with glazed upper parts. A large, flat porch hood with a dentilled edge and a vaulted underside is supported by tapering octagonal columns with square pedestals. There are further doors to the left and at the left end of the right-hand wing. The right return front has dentilled bargeboards, deep coved eaves, and a chamfered corner to the left, which features cut brick decoration.