Netherfield House With Boundary Railings And Gate

Netherfield House is a large house dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, situated in a row of buildings of similar construction to number 18. The house is rendered, although the return to the courtyard and the south flank of the back block are slate-hung, both featuring hipped slate roofs. The main block is set well back from the street and is accompanied by a parallel block at the street front, offset to create a deep, narrow courtyard between numbers 18 and 19. The street front is two storeys high. The recessed section has a 12-pane sash window above a part-glazed 6-panel door, which is set under a radial fanlight within a surround made of artificial stone, resembling Coade stone, with five vermiculated keys and vermiculated courses on a projecting plain band. The return wall has two 12-pane sash windows at each floor, visible due to the slate hanging. The main section displays three 12-pane sashes and one 16-pane sash, all with heavy alternating quoins and voussoired lintels featuring a central vermiculated keystone. A recessed, glazed 20th-century door is set into a plain surround, flanked to the right by wall sections incorporating two 4-pane sashes on the first floor and square garage doors below. The back of the main block includes a continuous hipped, Victorian glazed verandah with trellis supports, beneath five 16-pane sashes in a rendered wall; the return wall is slated and contains an arched stair light. Quoin strips are marked at the corners. There are two tall brick stacks towards the front, and a further two stacks to the back block. Inside, original stick stair details and some contemporary joinery remain. A stretch of cast-iron spear-head railings runs along the front of the courtyard to a central gate, which includes Greek key ornamentation at dog-bar level, resting on standards with Greek vase terminals, all set against a low brick wall with weathered stone coping.