Number 17 And Attached Front Garden Walls And Piers

Number 17 is a house, built around 1890 and possibly designed by H. Dare Bryan. It has been converted into flats. The exterior is constructed with snecked lias stone, dressed with limestone, and has a tile roof. The building follows a double-depth plan. It is an eclectic late Victorian building, influenced by the Queen Anne style, with two storeys and an attic. There are three windows across the front. The asymmetrical front section turns to the right, featuring a projecting wing on the left and a hexagonal corner turret on the right. Between these elements are paired, open semicircular-arched entrances, framed by a central Doric column and an entablature with triglyphs and circles. The entrances are topped with recessed double doors including half-glazed panels, and above is a three-light stained glass window illuminating the staircase. Ground-floor windows are casements with glazing bars above the transom; the turret has six-pane sash windows on the first floor.

The left-hand wing has three-light windows with mullions and transoms on the ground floor, decorative panels on the first floor, and sash windows in the attic, all beneath a gable finished with ashlar and finials. The turret windows have pediments on the ground floor, decorative panels on the second floor, and between the attic windows are sculpted half-figures of women supporting the eaves.

The right return façade has a projecting gable with a canted, balustraded ground-floor bay; the first floor windows echo those of the left end, and there are paired sashes on the second floor, positioned under a carved lintel with a fluted radiating stone fan. The gable has corner finials and a banded top.

The interior has not been inspected, but it is reported that the staircase was removed during the conversion to flats.

Attached to the front are garden walls and piers with obelisk finials. The building shares decorative features with other houses designed by Bryan in Downleaze and is included in the list for group value.