Olbury House And Attached Front Railings

Oldbury House, now used as offices, dates from around 1670, with mid-18th century windows and a rear block. The building is rendered with limestone dressings, features gable stacks, and has a double-pile pantile roof. It has a double-depth plan and stands three storeys high with a basement, presenting a six-window range. The symmetrical front has a parapet with three small coped gables, a left end gable that ramps up to the stacks, and a right-hand one-window block that is set back.

A doorway from around 1765 features a Gibbs surround, a stepped key and pediment, along with a decorative metal fanlight and lantern, leading to a six-panel door. The ground floor has two pairs of widely spaced windows with 8/8-pane sashes, while the first floor has rectangular windows with 6/6-pane sashes, and each gable has a single 6/6-pane sash.

Inside, there is a large entrance hall that leads to a notable 17th-century rear open-well staircase with uncut string, turned balusters, and a moulded rail to square newels topped with ball finials and pendants. A semicircular-arched stair light with a metal fanlight and lantern is fitted into the top sash. The beams feature ovolo mouldings and roll stops. A short 18th-century stair to the right-hand block has slender column-on-vase balusters, column newels, and a ramped rail, with an elliptical arch at the bottom that has a panelled soffit and Greek key mouldings, and a semicircular-arched rear stair light at the top with a panelled soffit and shutters. There is also a mid-18th-century fireplace with a rocaille panel and marble surround, along with six-panel doors, a two-panel basement door, and a six-panel metal safe door.

The property is complemented by attached 19th-century wrought-iron front garden railings with urn finials. The plan of Oldbury House is uncommonly centralized for a late 17th-century house.