Castlefield House And Attached Front Walls

A house, dating to the 1830s, originally built for Henry Alworth Merriweather, the Town Clerk of the City of London. It is constructed of squared, coursed limestone with a slate cross-gabled roof, featuring lateral and axial ridge ashlar stacks. The architectural style is Picturesque Tudor Revival, with an irregular plan composed of shallow wings projecting from a central range. The house has two storeys and an attic, and the front elevation has a 4-window range.

The entrance front features a crenellated porch with diagonal buttresses and a Tudor-arched doorway, positioned within the angle of a gabled left-hand wing. A crenellated wing with diagonal buttresses is situated at the right-hand end. Windows are Tudor-arched with label moulds, some retaining original intersecting cast-iron glazing bars with small panes in sash and casement windows, along with a 4-light canted 2-storey bay on the left-hand wing. Tall, octagonal stacks are topped with crenellated cornices; there are a central pair, three to the right, and four to an axial ridge stack on the left-hand wing.

The east elevation mirrors the front gable and incorporates a large conservatory with a coped parapet and gableted pinnacles. Gables with turned finials face the road, with a canted oriel window on the right-hand gable. The west elevation features two further gables, including an oriel window and a crocket finial on the left-hand gable, and a pair of stacks above blind windows to the right. A tall parapet, pierced with trefoil openings, extends along the east and south sides.

The interior has been altered, but retains features such as a stone open-well staircase leading to a central, full-height stair hall with a curtail and inlaid star design, and a ramped rail. Other features include Tudor-arched doors with quatrefoil panels, bedrooms and stair halls with shallow false vaults, and flagged cellars. A well remains on the property.

Attached to the south front is a rubble wall with a crenellated parapet, lancet windows, and a Tudor-arched doorway within an ashlar panel. The design represents an early and imaginative application of the Tudor Revival style.