Outbuildings, Claremont Grove, 21 Claremont

Late 19th century 2-storey, 3-bay rectangular-plan classical villa with 1913 neo-Georgian extension by William Kerr of John Melvin and Son to NW. Rectangular plan 2-3 storey 5-bay Neo-Georgian villa with extension to NW, single-storey bay to SE. Gabled NW bay with prominent projecting polygonal stair tower. Squared stugged grey sandstone with ashlar dressings. Ashlar to stair tower. Base course, eaves cornice. Raised long and short quoins. Raised corniced and lugged window surrounds to main block. Segmental-headed Ionic Doorpiece.

PRINCIPAL (NE) ELEVATION: 3-bay symmetrical original block. Corniced ashlar central entrance porch; doorpiece with plain-shafted Ionic columns, open segmental pediment and ovoid finials: timber-panelled door; tall window above porch. Later gable-fronted canted-bay extension with small ground-floor window, rectangular windows to 1st and 2nd floors and bullseye windows to attic. Screen wall extending NW (right) with round-arched doorway. Single window to single-storey bay.

SW (GARDEN) ELEVATION: Canted single bays with polygonal roofs to outer bays of main 3-bay block. Later block has tripartite window to ground, bracketed canted oriel window with recessed aprons to first floor and bipartite above. Polygonal-ended timber and iron conservatory projects to SW.

INTERIOR: parquet-floored and oak-panelled entrance hall with lugged stone fireplace; false-beamed ceiling with decorative plaster panels of floral and plant motifs. Stone and marble fireplaces to main reception rooms. Glazed timber doors with leaded margins. Glazed tile kitchen. Built-in furniture to scullery, butler's pantry and upstairs corridor. Stone-floored heated conservatory with cast iron shelving (Mackenzie and Moncur Ltd).

Predominantly timber sash and case windows. 12-pane, 15-pane and 18-pane to front elevation. 4-pane and plate glass to garden front. Pitched roof, graded grey slates. Corniced wallhead stacks with circular clay cans.

OUTBUILDINGS, SUMMERHOUSE, BOUNDARY WALLS, GATEPIERS AND GARDEN FEATURES: flat-roofed stone outbuildings to NW. Square-plan brick and timber summerhouse with multi-paned Diocletian windows and pitched clay tile roof. Stone rubble boundary walls with flat copes and square-plan ashlar gatepiers. Stone rubble terrace wall immediately to SW of house, quatrefoil-plam pond to centre of garden and Japanese garden with tiered concrete pond to bottom of garden.