Amberley House

Amberley House is a villa dating from 1834-5, likely designed by Robert Stokes. It was purchased in 1834 by John Brend Winterbotham, a solicitor, who occupied the house until his death in 1881. The construction is of stucco over brick, featuring a concealed roof and tall stucco stacks with cornices.

The exterior is two storeys with a basement, arranged with a three-window frontage on the first floor, and a recessed two-storey single-window service range to the right. The south-facing garden facade has three first-floor windows. The windows are primarily 6/6 sash windows on the ground and first floors, although the east facade has a blind opening to the left. Basement windows are 8/8 sashes. A central porch with Ionic columns in antis, a frieze, cornice, and blocking course features on the east facade, with glazed panels with margin-lights to the sides. Steps lead to a four-panel door with side-lights and an overlight with glazing bars.

The interior consists of an inner hall with a part-glazed four-panel door and side-lights, topped with an overlight featuring glazing bars. The embellished cornice has an egg-and-dart frieze and an acanthus-detailed cornice with modillions. The remainder of the interior was not inspected.

Amberley House was built as part of the wider development of the Pittville Estate, undertaken between 1825 and 1842, with the overall layout designed by John Forbes. Clarence Square was laid out in the late 1820s, and building began in 1832. The Square was named in honour of the Duke of Clarence, who later became King William IV in 1830.