Beresford House and Attached Balustrade

Beresford House is a house built in 1765 by Thomas Paty. It is a mid-Georgian style building rendered with limestone dressings, featuring gable stacks and a pantile hipped roof. The building has a double-depth plan, originally with a symmetrical facade, but now includes a mid-19th century two-storey canted bay on the right-hand side. This bay projects forward, with a plat band, cornice, and parapet broken through for two dormers. The entrance doorway has a bracketed pediment, a stepped key to the architrave, a three-pane fanlight, and a six-panel door. Windows have architraves; the doorway is topped with a semi-circular arch containing a six/six-pane sash window with thick glazing bars. The ground floor has six/six-pane sashes with plate glass above. Rear windows are six/six-pane sashes. The canted bay has a cornice and plate-glass sashes with margin panes. C20 dormers have been added. The interior remains uninspected. Attached to the front is a basement area balustrade. The building is comparable to Boyce’s Buildings and the adjoining Prospect House, and was likely initially designed with Gibbs surrounds to the windows.