Royston, 10 Crown Road North, Dowanhill, Glasgow

Royston, located at 10 Crown Road North in Dowanhill, Glasgow, is a large asymmetrical double villa designed by George Washington Browne between 1889 and 1890. The building stands two storeys high with attics and is constructed from coursed rock-faced ashlar, featuring polished margins and quoins. It has sash windows with roll moulded reveals, which may include plate glass or small pane glazing.

The villa has a two-bay elevation facing Queen's Place. On the left side, there is a two-storey square projecting five-light window that is mullioned and transomed, topped with a plain parapet that breaks the wallhead. To the right, there are single windows.

The elevation towards Crown Road North features a gabled entrance bay at the centre. Steps lead up to a Doric porch, which has columns with exaggerated entasis. The arched doorway displays rusticated Gibbsian detail. Above the porch, there is a two-storey canted oriel window, with each light on the first floor individually corniced and capped with a shell pediment. A tall corniced stack is positioned to the left.

The west elevation, which also faces Queen's Place, mirrors the design of Royston but includes a full-height octagonal turret on the left that rises to a facetted roof with a finial. Steps lead to a central doorway that features a shouldered architrave, corniced with a fanlight and flanked by moulded pilasters. A date stone on the side elevation bears the initials RML and SMML.

There were additions made in 1896 and 1902 by A N Paterson, which included a single storey and attic wing that provides service quarters. The interior boasts good panelling and carved doorpieces, along with a roll moulded fireplace. The timber stair balusters are complemented by a timber screen at the first-floor landing, and there is a top-lit billiard room located at the rear.

Both houses feature bipartite dormers; at Westdel, these are linked by tile-hung infill with an oculus. The building has timber bracketed eaves and swept slate roofs.