Nouvelle and The Old Cottage (formerly Nouvelle)

This is a villa, now converted into flats, along with an attached house, dating from approximately 1831 to 1848. It was designed by R.W. and C. Jearrad. The building is constructed of painted ashlar over brick, with a hipped slate roof and iron balcony. It has a central hallway and a double-depth plan, with a service range set back to the left.

The villa is two storeys high with a basement, and has five windows on the first floor. Stucco detailing includes a first-floor band, a moulded sill band, cornices on consoles over the ground-floor windows, and moulded architraves to both ground- and first-floor windows. The ground floor has tall 1/1 sash windows, while the first floor and basement have 3/6 sashes. The central entrance has a flight of steps leading to a panelled door within a pilastered surround with a frieze and cornice. The right return features a three-window first-floor elevation, with a projecting, gabled range to the right. This section has mainly 6/6 sash windows within tooled architraves, with cornices on consoles; the projecting window is tripartite with 6/6 sashes flanked by 2/2 sashes. The recessed service range to the left has a two-storey, single-bay section with a 6/6 sash and a blind opening, followed by a two-storey, two-window range with a 2/6 sash.

The interior has not been inspected.

A balcony on the first floor of the projecting gabled range on the right return features a decorative motif from the Carron Company, shaped like double hearts and anthemions. The design is similar to Pembury House and Little Pembury. The property is part of the former Lansdowne Estate, a notable example of suburban town planning.