Glensanda

This is a house, now offices, dating to circa 1823, with subsequent alterations. The building is constructed with stucco over brickwork, featuring concealed roof space and end stucco stacks. It has iron window guards. The design follows a double-depth plan with a central hallway.

The exterior displays three storeys over a basement. The facade is articulated by full-height Doric pilasters at the ends, and between the windows, with deep elliptically-arched friezes creating recesses above the windows. Continuous bands run across the first and second floors. The first floor has 6/6 sash windows, the second floor has 3/3 sash windows, and the ground floor has a rectangular bay on the right and 1/1 sash windows. The basement windows are 6/6 sashes. A Doric porch with a frieze featuring triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice, shelters the central entrance. The door is four-panelled, with a fanlight featuring decorative, batwing and circle type glazing bars. The right return facade has two 6-pane French windows with divided overlights and margin lights; the second floor has casement windows with glazing bars and margin lights. The rear facade incorporates a full-height bow with tripartite 1/1 sash windows and a 3/3 sash window. The interior has not been inspected.

The right facade has two first-floor window guards with concentric circles. The building occupies a corner site where Montpellier Parade meets Montpellier Spa Road. It is one of a group of quality 1820s villas along Montpellier Parade and notably uses full-height arched bays to create a neo-Classical effect.