Southbrook

Southbrook is an early 19th-century country house situated within its own grounds. The construction utilizes Portland stone ashlar and squared coursed stonework, with some brick dressings and a slate roof. The building's plan is symmetrical, featuring a central staircase front range with a gable facing the street, a deep parallel wing to the rear right, and a gabled, low extension to the right.

The front, facing the garden, has two storeys and three windows. These are sash windows with stone plat band architraves, each featuring a small keystone, with a triple keystone at ground floor. The ground floor windows are tripartite with a 5:15:5-pane configuration, while those on the first floor have 16 panes. A central six-panel door is set under a decorative fanlight, all within a square surround with panelled reveals and a slender Doric portico. The portico has a flat entablature with a thin architrave and fluted frieze. The hipped roof is punctuated by lofty brick stacks at either end. A one-storey gabled extension is located to the right, featuring plain walling.

The gable to the street and the rear return are rendered. A large 16-pane sash window is integrated into the staircase window, likely added after the construction of the main range. This range is constructed from coursed stone and has two hipped ranges with a central valley gutter. It has two storeys and three windows, featuring large 16-pane sashes in brick surrounds with stone keys. A projecting porch is located to the far right, featuring a six-panel, part-glazed door under an architrave with a keystone in a tumbled brick flat arch. The gable end has a single large 12-pane sash under a wood lintel, accompanied by a flush pierced stone ventilating panel measuring approximately 0.6m square. The rear of this range has three storeys with small 12-pane sashes at the eaves and 12-pane sashes on the first floor, all within brick surrounds with keystones. There are two large brick stacks at the left-hand end of the ridges.

The ground floor interior, the only part inspected, retains much of its original decoration and fittings in good condition. The staircase has stick balusters, an open string, scrolled treads, and a mahogany swept handrail that returns to the landing. Original window shutters are present throughout. One room features two elliptical-headed recesses, while another has a white painted fire surround embellished with urns and a ceiling frieze depicting Greek vase enrichments.