Hill Crest, Perrymead Lodge And Perrymead Court

The property comprises a group of three linked houses, Hill Crest, Perrymead Lodge, and Perrymead Court, dating from the early and mid-19th century. They are constructed of limestone ashlar with slate roofs.

The earliest section appears to be Perrymead Court, a compact double-depth unit with a central valley and gable ends, set back to an irregular front courtyard. This is linked by a lower, single-depth range to a long, narrow hipped wing at a right angle, which projects forward to the pavement edge, with a small gabled extension to the left. The entire composition forms an irregular L-shaped plan, accommodating the steep site slope, resulting in an extra storey to the rear (west side).

Perrymead Court, now divided into five flats, is two storeys and basement, rising to three storeys at the rear due to the site’s fall. The front has glazing bar sashes; at the first floor, two smaller twelve-pane windows, a larger twelve-pane above a porch, and a deep eighteen-pane window. Ground floor sashes flank a wide, gabled porch with a pair of 20th-century glazed doors under a transom and a large radial fanlight, featuring a heavy scroll keystone. Stonework above the porch appears to have been reset, with straight joints and a residual sill under one of the smaller sashes. Eaves are carried on brackets, with a cast iron ogee gutter. The front roof is hipped to the right, with a coped double gable to the left, containing three sashes at each level. A stack is located to the right, and a wide, lofty ashlar stack sits within the central valley. The rear has two plus two sashes at both the first and ground floors, and a wide door and two French casements in painted ashlar at the lower ground floor.

The lower link building has a slate gabled roof and incorporates an added, smaller gabled unit adjoining Hill Crest and a two-sashed facade on the far side. Hill Crest and Perrymead Lodge are a long, narrow range with hipped ends and a coped party division near the street. The long right facade, over three floors, has three windows: a small four-pane above a deep plain sash, and a central window with margin panes. A plain sash adjoins a flush six-panel door and transom light in a moulded architrave on the ground floor, below a platband. A slightly inset bay at the street end features a blind light. The return side has two large eighteen-pane windows above a single eighteen-pane window; to the right is a panelled door. A small projecting wing has twelve panes at two levels, and a flight of steps leads down to a plank door. The plain end coped gable has a large ashlar stack, and the corner is splayed to the ground floor, finishing to a run-out sweep with a plain rear wall.

The interiors have not been inspected. Historical development suggests that Hill Crest and Perrymead Court may have been built independently and later linked.