The Beauthorns

The Beauthorns is a villa, now divided into two dwellings, built around 1830 to 1850, with later additions and alterations, including a conversion to two dwellings and a conservatory added around 1959. It is possibly designed by architect Samuel Daukes. The building features stucco over brick with a hipped slate roof, some sections using artificial slates, and tall stuccoed stacks on the front and side. An iron balcony is also present.

The villa is two storeys high with an attic and a basement at the rear. The front facade has three windows on the first floor, with the left three set in a full-height canted bay. The stucco detailing includes tooled architraves around the windows. The first floor has a central 6/6 sash window between two 4/4 sashes, while the rest are 6/6 sashes. The ground floor has 1/1 horned sashes on the left and plate-glass French windows on the right, which are concealed beneath the conservatory. All windows have plain reveals, sills, and tooled architraves.

A flight of steps leads to a central Doric porch, which features wreaths on the frieze and a round-arched opening with a keystone. The entrance includes a two-panel door with sidelights and an overlight. The eaves are wide and supported by brackets. An attic dormer has a round-arched 8/8 sash window.

On the right side, there are three first-floor windows, mainly 6/6 sashes, and three French windows on the ground floor to the left. The basement has 8/8 sash windows. The rear facade has four windows, with 6/6 sashes, except for a tripartite window on the ground floor to the left, which has a 4/4 sash between two 2/2 sashes, and a 20th-century door at the central entrance.

Inside, the villa retains original joinery and plasterwork. The narrow open-well staircase leading to 10A features embellished iron balusters that alternate with rods and a wreathed handrail. There are embellished cornices, some with an anthemion motif, four-panelled doors, tooled architraves, and panelled shutters. Some ground-floor windows still have louvred shutters. There is a continuous ground-floor balcony on the right side and balconies at the rear that feature scroll and oval motifs. This villa is considered prestigious and is located on the edge of The Park development, where Daukes was the architect for several villas.