Westcroft

BRITISH ROW 1. 5411 Westcroft (formerly listed as West Croft (including Stable Block) ST 8558 4/2 29.12.50. II* GV

1. First rated in 1784 (wrongly dated 1744 in previous list). Built for John Waldron, a clothier. 1784 [date of reconstruction of older house] . Main front - 2 storey and attic. Brick on projecting plinth with moulded stone capping. Chamfered stone quoins. Stone string at 1st floor level. Stone cornice carried up over central pediment and broken forward over quoins. Tall brick parapet with moulded stone coping. Flanking gable ends and hipped double roman tile mansard roof. 5 dormers with segmental arched moulded heads and sash windows. Glazing bar sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors, the ground floor with louvred shutters. On 1st floor - 4 windows with moulded stone cills, stone key blocks, and panelled sunblind pelmets and central Palladian window with engaged Doric columns and entablature to side lights, architrave and keyblock to central arched light and moulded stone cill on console brackets. 4 windows with stone key blocks on ground floor and 6-panel central door with arched fanlight of interlaced "Gothic" pattern in plain stone surround with moulded string across door head, architrave and key block to arch, in stone doorcase of engaged Doric columns, entablature and pediment. Slate flagged path in front of house. Single storey wing to right of later date, same general design, with 3 windows. 3 storey brick built wing forming west front. Attic and basement. 4 ranges of glazing bar sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors with stone surrounds having beaded inner edges. 2 similar but narrower windows on ground floor and a modern 3 light casement replacing Venetian window. Double roman tile roof with 2 segmental headed dormers and gable end brick stacks. 2 gables to east. Interior, fine contemporary staircase. Terrace garden in front of house with high retaining wall to road.

Westcroft, Stable Block to Westcroft, Building to north-west and wall, and Nos 1 and 2 Waldron's Square form a group with the listed buildings on the north side of the Conigre.

Listing NGR: ST8541358261