Westbourne House And Attached Forecourt Walls And Railings

Westbourne House is a large suburban house built in 1816, possibly designed by J. Foulston for N.W. Penrose, a solicitor. It was refronted in 1860 by Henry Rice. The house features incised stucco with stone dressings and a dry Delabole slate hipped roof with projecting eaves supported by wooden brackets. The stuccoed stacks have cornices, and there are moulded gutters. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys tall with a four-window range on the south garden front.

The original large-paned sashes are hornless and set within stone surrounds, with segmental-arched lights on the ground floor. The left and right bays have 4-pane sashes above 2-light windows, each topped with triangular pediments featuring mutules on the cornices. The central bays have stepped tripartite sashes above canted 4-light segmental-arched stone bay windows, which are adorned with balustraded parapets and similar cornices, and column mullions capped with Corinthian or Ionic details.

The original north entrance front has a 1:3:1 bay arrangement, featuring a central porch with blind sidelights, roundels on the panelled frieze, and railings above the parapet. The doorcase includes panelled sides and a traceried fanlight, leading to a four-panel door with fielded panels. The projecting end bays have ground-floor sashes with segmental-arched recessed panels, and the original horned sashes are present. To the right of the door over the porch is a stair sash with coloured glass and margin panes.

Inside, the porch has a ribbed vault and an egg-and-dart cornice in the vestibule. The inner doors feature a traceried fanlight with Art Nouveau glazed panels. The open-well open-string staircase has a mahogany handrail that is scrolled over the newel, along with moulded and carved cornices and additional Art Nouveau details.

The property also includes forecourt walls topped with railings that have spearhead finials over bars and urns on stanchions.