Jolliffe House And Attached Iron Railings, Gates And Stone Piers

Joliffe House is a house, now offices, dating back to around 1730, with substantial rebuilding and extensions between 1831 and 1850. It is constructed with stucco over brick, with stone dressings, gable stacks, and an interlocking tile hipped roof. The building follows an early Georgian style and a double-depth plan with flanking blocks, its overall shape being L-plan due to a projecting north wing. It comprises three storeys and a basement, with a five-window range to the front and a two-window extension to the north.

The front facade is distinguished by rusticated quoins, a cornice, and a parapet, and features an early 19th-century Roman Doric portico with a Greek key frieze and steps leading to a panelled door with panelled reveals and decorative cast-iron panels. It has six-over-six pane sashes to the ground floor and three-over-six pane sashes to the second floor, all with keyed stone architraves. The rear elevation exhibits a cornice, a central round-arched doorway, and stair windows above, with imposts and keyed, rubbed brick heads, also containing six-over-six pane sashes. The early 19th-century north wing includes a left-hand doorway with a bracketed canopy, panelled reveals, and a six-panel door. The wing has six-over-six pane sashes to the first floor and three-over-three pane sashes to the second floor, with an eight-over-eight pane sash to the south return. The west corner was rebuilt in the early 19th century, featuring a three-window range of rubbed brick heads to six-over-six pane sashes, with two second-floor south windows with architraves matching those on the front, framing a lateral stack.

The interior is said to contain a rear dogleg staircase with a moulded ramped rail, column-on-vase balusters (the middle one twisted), a fine newel with four fluted columns on an urn, a curtail, and matching wainscot. Attached to the front are spear-headed iron railings and stone piers.

Historically, the north wing served as a service wing, while the south wing likely provided guest accommodation. Joliffe House is one of the prominent merchants’ houses reflecting Poole's early prosperity.