Westfield House

Westfield House is a detached house, originally dating from around 1730, with a mid-19th century extension and porch, and later alterations in the late 20th century. It sits within its own grounds. The house is constructed of limestone ashlar with a slate roof.

The main architectural features consist of a compact, symmetrical block of two storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a central porch, extended to the left by one broad bay. The front façade has four flat-roofed dormers above a pattern of one plus five windows, totaling twelve panes per sash, set in plain reveals and with five stepped voussoirs. A full-depth French casement with a transom light is located in the far left bay. A sill band runs at each level, with a two-light casement to the basement on the left, and a glazed door below the porch. To the right of the porch are two modified nine-pane sashes.

The square porch features part-glazed doors, a square opening, paired round-headed lights on returns with a sill band, and rusticated masonry below, topped with an entablature and balustrade, returned at the sides. A central pedestal supports a stone eagle with outstretched wings. The interior of the porch features a Minton tile floor, glazed wall tiles, a large eight-panel inner door with a fluted transom and radial fanlight, pilasters, and a heavy triple keystone to the archivolt.

The front of the house has rusticated masonry below the lower sill band, a broad mid platband, alternating quoins – including at each end of the added bay – and a full entablature with a blocking course and parapet, finished with ball finials at each end. Basement areas with staircases are situated on either side of the porch, featuring hooped railings to stone curbs. A low rusticated wall stands to the left. Ashlar stacks are located at the ends and centre of the house.

The returns and rear are similarly detailed, although the basement or lower ground level to the rear has only two courses of rusticated ashlar. The left return has three twelve-pane sashes above a full-width glazed verandah with decorative iron standards, and a colonnade on square piers to the lower ground floor. The right return has three twelve-pane sashes at first and ground floors, with a nine-pane sash to the lower ground floor, and a narrow later addition set below the main entablature.

The rear has a large late 20th-century attic with plastic windows, above twelve-pane sashes – paired to the outer bays and single to the centre of the original range – and a single sash at each level in the added bay. To the left, there are paired casements above a 19th-century deep canted bay with French casements to three faces and sixteen-pane sashes below an entablature with a balustrade. A sixteen-pane sash, set in an arched recess with archivolt and heavy keystones (similar in detail to the main entrance), is centrally located on the main range, likely originally leading to a terrace or staircase. A 20th-century glazed door and casement are also present at the lower ground level. Ball finials mark the ends of the house.

The interior was not inspected at the time of listing, but the original central staircase remains. The interior has been subdivided into apartments.