Clyde House

Clyde House is a detached villa built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from limestone ashlar or squared and coursed rubble, topped with slate roofs. The building features a lofty block arranged in parallel ranges with a central valley and a single bay lower extension on the right.

The exterior consists of three high storeys at the front, which rise to four storeys at the rear due to the slope of the ground. The main block has three plus one windows, with glazing-bar sashes in plain reveals: six-pane windows on the second floor and twelve-pane windows on the ground and first floors. The ground floor windows are adorned with broad keystones beneath a plain string course. The building has a moulded cornice at the returned ends, a blocking course, and a parapet, with an ashlar stack on each of the four coped gables, the one on the rear left being particularly deep.

To the right, there is a square flat-roofed portico supported by fluted pilasters and featuring a panelled frieze. The lower bay has two-light deep casement windows at the front and various windows along the long return flank. The gables on the left are made of rubble and feature a central lead downpipe with a conical hopperhead. The rear wall is also three windows wide, with sashes in flush ashlar surrounds set in rubble. The third floor has one six-pane window, while the others are plain, with twelve-pane windows on the second floor. There is an arched stair window with radial bars at landing level, above a small eighteen-pane fixed sash with small panes. Additionally, there are deep 20th-century two-light casements, two sixteen-pane sashes, and a doorway at the bottom level.

The interior, inspected in 1983, features a very good hall with a wide elliptical arch and a wide staircase leading to the rear. It includes a fine Regency fireplace and grate, and a splendid elliptical arch on the landing. The stairs are supported by large Doric columns and have larger newels. Clyde House is a handsome villa that once had larger grounds, which have since been occupied by housing in the late 20th century.