Firth House, 22C And 22D Esplanade And 90 Eldon Street, 22B

1. 2- and 3-storey, 4-bay, irregular-plan, Tudor gothic marine villa with deep eaves and stepped frontage composed of gabled blocks and 3-storey square-plan tower; principal entrance to side. Tooled sandstone ashlar to principal elevation; squared, coursed sandstone to sides and rear. Base course; eaves course and crenellated parapet to tower. Raised quoin strips; some transomed and mullioned windows; hoodmoulds to principal windows; raised margins to other windows.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: stepped elevation. 3-storey tower to centre: chamfered corner to 2nd floor; 2-leaf timber panelled front door with fanlight in raised architrave at ground; 4-light window at 2nd floor. 2-storey gable adjoining to right with bipartite windows to both floors. 3-storey and attic gable recessed to left of tower with canted window at ground, bipartite window at 2nd floor and small arched window to attic. 2-storey wing recessed to outer left with bipartite window at ground and gabled dormer at 1st floor.

SW (REAR) AND SE ELEVATIONS: 3-storey gabled block orientated NE-SW with tripartite window at 2nd floor of SW gable; irregular fenestration to SE elevation with 2-storey gable advanced to right; timber panelled front door in stop-chamfered architrave to crenellated porch in left re-entrant angle. 2-storey L-plan wing recessed to left of 3-storey block; single storey piend-roofed service wing filling angle. Predominantly non-traditional uPVC windows; some surviving plate glass in timber sash and case windows (see Notes). Some octagonal sandstone chimney stacks with short clay cans. Graded grey slate.

INTERIOR: divided into 3 flats. Half-glazed timber panelled lobby door with stained glass in stop-chamfered ashlar architrave (painted) with rosettes carved into upper corners. Curved stone staircase with cast-iron balusters. Decoratively carved timber chimneypiece in 1st floor drawing room. Some decorative plasterwork.

BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEPIERS: ashlar-coped, squared sandstone boundary wall to NE, SE and SW. Octagonal gatepiers with pyramidal caps to entrance from Eldon Street (SW).