Selby Lodge And Attached Railings

Selby Lodge, now used as offices, is a villa built around 1810 to 1820, as indicated on the Post Office Map of 1820. It features later additions, including a range added to the rear in the 1980s. The building is constructed of brick with ashlar facades and has a slate roof with end stacks. It is accompanied by iron railings and a window box.

The villa has a double depth plan with a central hallway and stands two storeys high with a basement. The façade includes five first-floor windows, with single-storey bays at each end. Notable stucco detailing features end pilasters on the main range, a first-floor band adorned with a Greek key motif, and a central breakforward. The ground floor windows are 6/6 sashes, while the first floor has 3/3 sashes and the basement features 3/6 sashes, all set in plain reveals with sills. The central entrance is accessed via a flight of roll-edged steps leading to a 6-fielded-panel door flanked by pilaster strips and sidelights, topped with a fluted frieze and a fanlight with decorative radial glazing. At the rear, there is a semicircular window on the first floor with decorative glazing.

Inside, the villa boasts embellished cornices, including an acanthus cornice with a Greek key motif on the ceiling frieze. The doors are fitted with tooled architraves and rosettes at the corners, and there are 6-fielded-panel doors, one of which is curved. The open-well staircase features stick balusters with wrought-iron scroll embellishments and a wreathed handrail, along with some original marble fireplaces. The shutters are decorated with embellished panels.

The property also has subsidiary features, including railings on either side of the steps and at the ends of the main range. The door is fitted with a hand-and-wreath knocker, and there are window boxes at the ground floor at the rear. Historically, Cambray Place was designed as an avenue leading to Cambray House, which was once rented by the Duke of Wellington but has since been demolished and replaced by a mid-20th century block of flats.