9, Ainslie'S Belvedere

Ainslie's Belvedere No. 9 is a house built in the mid-18th century. The front and left side are made of limestone ashlar, while the rear features a combination of ashlar and rubble. The house has a double pile parapeted roof that is hipped to the left and right at the front, covered with Welsh slate on the front roof and double Roman tiles on the rear. There are two ashlar stacks on the left and an ashlar stack with early clay pots on the rear roof.

The exterior consists of three storeys with a basement at the rear and a three-window front. The first floor has three six-over-six sash windows in splayed reveals with stone sills, while the second floor has three similar windows. The ground floor features two six-over-six sash windows with exposed boxes in similar reveals. There is a door on the return face of a single-storey flat-roofed ashlar extension to the left, which has six flush beaded and fielded panels, a cast iron wreath knocker, and a single-pane overlight in a plain reveal, flanked by two three-pane fixed light windows in plain reveals. A band course runs above the ground floor, and there is a bracketed eaves cornice and a coped parapet.

On the right side, there are six-over-six sashes in splayed reveals with stone sills on both the first and second floors. The left side has two 20th-century six-over-six sashes in plain reveals with stone sills that light the staircase at half levels. The rear elevation includes 19th and 20th-century horned and unhorned sashes and casements, along with a 20th-century conservatory at the basement.

The interior has not been inspected but was extensively refurbished in the 1970s. Historically, this building seems to pre-date the rest of Ainslie's Belvedere and likely started as an isolated suburban villa. Its masonry construction and modillion cornice suggest a mid-18th century date, possibly around 1760. This house served as the District Police station for most of the 19th century.