Montpellier House And Attached Railings

Montpellier House is a house dating to approximately 1832, with later additions and alterations, including a 1960s infill section on the right-hand side. It is constructed of ashlar over brick, with a concealed roof and end stucco stacks with cornices. The building has a central hallway and a double-depth plan.

The exterior is four stories high, with a basement on the left and three windows on the first floor. Ashlar detailing is present, including ground-floor rustication drawn into voussoirs over the windows, first- and second-floor bands, a frieze and cornice over the second floor, a crowning frieze and cornice with a blocking course, and tooled architraves to the first, second, and third-floor windows. Most windows are 6/6 sashes with margin lights; a 6-pane French window with a divided overlight is located centrally on the first floor. Third-floor windows are 3/3 sashes. The ground floor features a 20th-century canted bay window on the left and a rectangular bay on the right, both with casement windows. A central flight of roll-edged steps leads to a double, 4-panel, part-glazed door with sidelights and a fanlight with decorative glazing bars, set within a distyle Doric porch with an entablature that continues across the right bay. The right return fronting Lypiatt Road also has similar ashlar detailing, 6/6 sashes, and 3/3 sashes to the third floor. A 10-pane French window with margin lights is present on the ground floor.

The interior features an embellished cornice to the central hallway and a dogleg staircase with iron stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. An embellished frieze is found in a ground-floor room to the right; otherwise, the interior has not been inspected.

Subsidiary features include a first-floor individual balcony on the left with a Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion motif, and a long balcony on the right with a similar balustrade featuring single heart and anthemion motifs. Area railings to the left have spearhead bars and dogbars with anthemion finials to the stanchions. Double rod and anthemion railings are located to the sides of the porch.

The house is shown on Merrett's 1834 Map and forms a group with No.3 (Barrowby House) and No.4 (Suffolk Court).