Victoria House

Victoria House is a two-house building, now offices, dating from approximately 1834 to 1850. It is constructed with stucco over brick, and has brick stacks and iron railings and a balcony. The main range is three storeys high, with a basement at the central section, and features 8 first-floor windows arranged as 1:6:1. The end bays are set back. Stucco detailing includes a plinth, full-height pilasters with sunk panels to the ends and party-wall, first- and second-floor bands, and a crowning entablature. The windows are largely 6/6 sashes, set in plain reveals with sills. First-floor windows have tooled architraves, while those on the ground floor have incised, elliptically-arched Greek key surrounds. The basement has 3/3 sashes with margin-lights. The entrances to the outer bays are accessed by steps leading to part-glazed 4-panel and 6-panel doors with overlights, set back behind two Doric pillars supporting an entablature. The right return side has three round-arched sashes, otherwise containing 6/6 sashes. Internally, the building retains original joinery and plasterwork, including two staircases with stick balusters and wreathed handrails. The continuous first-floor balcony has a balustrade featuring the Carron Company's double-heart-and-anthemion motif.