Norwood, Roadhead

James Pearson Alison, 1904. 2-storey and attic, L-plan, Arts and Crafts, multi-gabled villa with prominent porch to entrance (N) elevation, central verandah/balcony to S elevation, shouldered gablet dormerheads, overhanging eaves and finialled conservatory. Squared, snecked, bull-faced yellow sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Deep base course. Stone mullions and transoms to stair and most ground-floor windows; mullions to some other windows; quadripartite, flat-roofed dormers to entrance and rear elevations.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: Entrance elevation to N with 2-leaf, 6-panel timber door in deeply projecting, central, piend-roofed porch supported on twinned, squat, Doric columns and deep, stone base; gabled bay to left; quadripartite mullioned window to right, with twinned, bipartite, stair windows recessed above; advanced, irregularly fenestrated service wing to outer right, forming courtyard. E elevation with shallow, 5-light bow window with central glazed door to left, bipartite window to right, and 3 evenly spaced dormers above. Central Tuscan-columned verandah with balcony above to broad, 3-bay, symmetrical S (garden) elevation, with glazed central doors flanked by narrow lights at ground and 1st floors; advanced, shouldered-gabled outer bays, with quadripartite windows at ground and 1st floors of right bay, 2-storey canted window to left bay, and tripartite windows in apexes of both gables; brick-based, timber-framed, cast-iron-bracketed conservatory to outer left. Plain, irregularly fenestrated W (rear) elevation, with conservatory to outer right and 2 stone steps to back door in slightly advanced section to left.

Plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Corniced stacks with circular buff clay cans. Predominantly cast-iron rainwater goods .

INTERIOR: Terrazzo flooring to lobby. Drawing room with decorative oval plasterwork to ceiling, opening out to cross-shaped room beneath, with fluted timber pillars supporting corners and inglenook to one side. 2-bay arcade with central timber column between central hall and principal stair. Curved, timber stair with square newels and balusters, curved timber handrail, curved gallery landing, and oculus rooflight. 3-panel timber doors to principal areas; 4-panel timber doors to service areas. Timber chimneypieces, some with stucco detailing, some with Arts and Crafts copper grates and glazed, tube-lined ceramic tiles. Some plain and some decorative cornices. Decorative cast-iron radiators. Shanks low canopy bath (see NOTES). Boarded timber cupboards to butler's pantry.