Villetts House

Villetts House is a house, now offices, dating back to 1729. It is constructed primarily of stone, with a facade of Flemish brickwork and ashlar limestone dressings, and has a tiled roof. The building is three storeys high, with cellars below.

The house originally comprised five bays, with brick apsidal ends added around 1800. There are rear wings, including a former entrance to the left wing. Inside, a central hallway is flanked by reception rooms, with a staircase leading to the rear of the building. The two-storey elevation is framed by giant composite pilasters. The main entrance is accessed via four steps, featuring a Corinthian doorcase with a segmental stepped pediment and a dropped keystone. The door itself is five-panelled with fielded panels, and the upper light contains intersecting pointed glazing bars. Above the entrance, on the first floor, is an elaborate Venetian window with an eight-paned central sash. The side lights are brought forward and feature composite pilasters and an elaborate entablature. All windows on both floors have intermittently moulded architraves and stepped keystones with a variety of masks, along with brick aprons. A modillion cornice and pediment extend over the three central bays, breaking through a blind balustrade with baluster panels. The apsidal ends have twelve-pane sashes, with the upper floor sashes being original curved designs. A side entrance, complete with a bracketed canopy and margin glazed door, is now blocked.

The interior includes fielded dado panelling within the hallway and a radial fanlight in the rear stair hall. The three-storey staircase features three turned balusters to each tread and carved tread-end brackets. There are also extensive brick vaulted cellars.