De Montalt Wood

This is a detached villa, built in 1848. It stands within its own grounds and is constructed from limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The villa is designed in a picturesque Italianate style and takes the form of an L-shape, with gables projecting in four directions.

The main front has a gable on the right, featuring an eight-pane sash window within a moulded architrave topped with a segmental pediment supported by deep scroll brackets. Below this is a square porch with a balustrade and a date stone. The porch has an arched doorway with impost mouldings, containing steel doors, a fanlight, and leads up four steps with an open balustrade to terminal piers and ball finials. The inner doors are panelled with a fanlight above. To the left of the entrance is an arched window above a triple arched light with archivolt, imposts, pilaster mullions, and apron panels. The villa incorporates a plinth, mid-level band, deep eaves, and projecting gables, with similar detailing on the other facades. A recessed rear gable wing is present on the right side. A large limestone stack with a skirt and heavy, pedimented capping is to the left of the gabled end.

The garden front return features a gable on the right with an arched window above a large eight-pane sash with an apron panel. To the left is a tripartite sash above a canted bay with a moulded cornice and balustrade over deep French casements. A flight of five steps leads to the centre. A large ashlar stack with four shafts is present to the left, mirroring the design of the front range. A late 20th-century conservatory has been added, and a three-pane sash window is visible at first-floor level. Ground-floor additions include steel casements. The rear gable has a small square stack with a capping similar to the others, and a larger stack is present on the right gable's exterior.

The interior of the villa has not been inspected. The villa is believed to be in the style of H.E. Goodridge and forms a visual and historical group with the De Montalt Works. The attribution is strengthened by the fact that Goodridge's architect son Alfred lived here around 1870. A later occupant was John Whitaker, a furniture manufacturer and proprietor of the De Montalt Works.