Greville House With Attached Railings Gate Piers And Wall

Greville House is a villa, dating from around 1820 to 1830, built for HN Tryne and later converted into offices. It is constructed of brick with stucco facades, and has a slate roof. The design is double-depth, incorporating a central hallway and a service range to the rear.

The exterior is two storeys high, with a three-window front plus an additional window on the first floor, forming a right-angle curved shape. Stucco detailing includes a plinth, a band at first-floor level, raised panels in the centre of the facade, a frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. The windows are largely 6/6 sashes, with curved panes on the section of the right-angle facade. Blind openings are present on the first floor to the first and third windows, and on the ground floor to the left. Basement windows are 3/6 sashes. A flight of roll-edged steps leads to the central entrance, which is framed by a distyle Ionic porch with an architrave, frieze, cornice and blocking course. The entrance itself features a five-panel door with side-lights and a fanlight with decorative glazing bars. The right return elevation has four first-floor windows, with mainly 6/6 sashes, the ground floor windows being taller. Pilasters are present at the centre and right end.

The interior retains original features, including embellished cornices and ceiling friezes in some of the ground-floor rooms; the remainder of the interior was not inspected.

Attached to the house are railings, gate piers and a wall. Arrowhead railings and a gate with urn finials to stanchions extend approximately 4 metres to the left of the house. The piers are square with incised panels, bands, a frieze with incised lozenges and pyramidal caps. A low brick wall with stone coping extends for approximately 20 metres to a similar boundary pier. The property was shown on Merrett’s Map of 1834 and shares a similar design to Greville Lodge, No.36 Gratton Road.