Kenilworth

This is a villa, dating from 1834, now converted into flats. It was built as part of the wider development of this area for Joseph Pitt between 1825 and 1842, with the overall layout designed by the architect John Forbes. The villa is constructed of stucco over brick, with concealed roof and brick and stucco stacks. It has a central hallway plan.

The two-storey villa with attic and basement has five first-floor windows, the central three of which project forward. The stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to the ground floor, drawn into the voussoirs over the windows and topped by a first-floor band. Four Corinthian pilasters rise through the ground and first floors to the projecting section, which is finished with an architrave, frieze, and modillion cornice. The second floor also has pilasters, with capitals incorporated into a crowning frieze and cornice, surmounted by a blocking course and copings. The main floors have original two-over-two pane sash windows; the second floor has six-over-six pane sashes, and the basement has three-over-six pane sashes, all set in plain reveals with sills and blind boxes. A flight of eight roll-edged steps leads to the central entrance, which has a Corinthian porch with paired columns between pillars and engaged pilasters, an architrave, frieze, and cornice, and contains a six-panel door with sidelights and overlight incorporating margin glazing bars. Rustication, bands, and cornices continue to the right return, where the outer windows are blind, and paired six-over-six sashes are found in the basement.

Inside, original features have been retained, including an open-well staircase with alternate stick and embellished iron balusters and a wreathed handrail. Plasterwork includes a hall cornice with acanthus modillions and fleurons.

The villa occupies a corner site and is part of a distinguished architectural group of villas along Pittville Lawn.