Kingsleigh And Attached Railing Bases

The building comprises a house, likely dating from the late 18th century and subsequently reconstructed in the late 19th or early 20th century by V.A. Lawson. The central section is faced with limestone ashlar, while the wings are of coursed squared limestone. The central range has a lead flat roof behind a parapet, with a Welsh slate gabled roof to the rear. The wings have Welsh slate roofs and rendered stacks on coped gables. Two reconstituted stone stacks are positioned to the left and right of the gabled roof to the rear centre. The main range, with a slightly projecting pedimented bay, is set back from the street and is flanked by wings that project to the edge of the pavement.

The main range is two storeys and five windows wide. The first floor has five 3/6-pane horned sash windows in plain reveals. The ground floor has four similar 6/6-pane sashes with stone cills. A pedimented Doric porch with a half-column respond is centrally located on the ground floor, leading to a 6-panel door with a decorative overlight containing three octagonal panes. The facade features a shallow ashlar plinth, a band course over the ground floor, a cill band to the first floor, a moulded stone cornice with a pediment to the centre, and a blocking course. Attached railing bases with segmental tops extend from the porch to each wing.

The left wing is two storeys and two windows wide, featuring two 3/6-pane sashes in plain reveals to the first floor, and two similar windows below with stone cills. A door with six flush panels and a single-pane overlight is present in a plain reveal. A shallow plinth and a cill band to the first floor are also present. The right return has a single-pane sash to the ground floor.

The wing to the right (No. 27A) is similar to the left wing, but lacks a cill band to the first floor, instead featuring a narrow band course over the ground floor. It has a half-glazed door with a four-pane overlight. Each wing has a moulded eaves gutter, a moulded hopper head, and a rectangular section downpipe that returns to the main range.

The interior was not inspected, but No. 27 is noted to contain a staircase positioned to the left, featuring shaped cheek-pieces and two turned balusters per tread, likely 18th century in origin but possibly rearranged in the 19th century.