Somerset House

Somerset House is a detached villa dating to around 1793, with 20th-century additions. It was designed by John Palmer. The house is constructed of limestone ashlar with a 20th-century slate roof and dormers. It is originally three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and originally had a single window facing the front. A 20th-century wing extends to the east. The south facade features a wide, full-height segmental bay containing a Venetian window with six panes to each sash, flanked by four/four-pane sashes on each floor. The first-floor window has a continuous balconette. The facade has a returned coped parapet and modillioned cornice, along with sill bands to the second floor and a plat band to the ground floor. The rear of the left return is in rubblestone with freestone dressings to tripartite sash windows, and includes six/six-pane sash windows over a blocked doorway. The interior of the house has not been inspected. The property is set within a forecourt contained by a rough ashlar revetment wall that sweeps and steps down from the left, curves at the corner, and spans the front to meet tall gate piers with square domed caps on the right. There are 20th-century gate and railings. Historical records suggest the house was intended to be the terminal building of an incomplete terrace.