Maplehurst Guesthouse, 42 Abbotsford Road

J and J Hall, 1904-1906. 2-storey, basement and attic, 4-bay, square-plan Arts and Crafts villa on raised site with half-timbered gabled bays and overhanging bracketed eaves. Canted and squared projecting sandstone windows; circular and octagonal corner tower with distinctive wrought iron weather vane to S. Prominent asymmetrical projecting stone chimney; corniced arched entrance; doorpiece with intricate timber and stained glass door screen. Tall rock faced base course. Rendered with smooth red sandstone margins and strip quoins; rock faced stonework to chimney, projecting windows and base course.

Timber side hung casements with lattice leaded glazing; stained glass panels to individual windows; timber sash and case to basement and rear. Piended slate roof ; rendered eaves and ridge stacks,; tiled ridge; cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: fine Edwardian Arts and Crafts decorative scheme in place. Large open entrance hall with timber panelling and original tapestry above. Arts and Crafts fireplaces and detailing to principal rooms. Ornate bespoke stained glass windows with maple leaf detailing, pictorial panel to stair depicting woman with fruit. Panelled entrance lobby and bathroom with marble topped basin. Admission to upper floors not possible at time of survey, currently used as bed and breakfast accommodation (2006).

WALLS AND GATEPIERS: low coped rubble walls, red sandstone gatepiers with matching gateposts to pedestrian gateway to W.