Boundary Walls, Daisybank, 18 James Street

Attributed to John Paterson, 1814-15. 2-storey and basement, 3 bay piend-roofed classical villa with Doric distyle portico and pilaster quoins to principal elevation. Droved orange sandstone ashlar to front, roughly squared, snecked sandstone to sides and rear, painted ashlar dressings. Base course; ground floor cill course to front only; 1st floor cill course; eaves cornice; blocking course. Doric pilaster quoins to front; quoin-strips to rear; raised window and door margins; consoled cornices to front ground floor windows.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central 2-leaf timber panelled front door with 3-pane fanlight in moulded architrave; 4 steps to Doric portico; daisy paterae to portico frieze; side walls to steps with built-in boot scrapers. Regular fenestration to bays; narrow area with 2 windows to basement.

OTHER ELEVATIONS: 2-leaf half-glazed door with window above to centre of N elevation; regular fenestration to bays. Irregular fenestration to side elevations; large central wallhead stacks. 12-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows. Corniced ahslar wallhead stacks with octagonal clay cans. Graded grey slate.

INTERIOR: half-glazed timber panelled lobby door with decorative frosted glass. Entrance hall with pilastered arch. Curved stone staircase with plain banister.

Original chimneypieces to dining room and 2 bedrooms. Timber panelled doors in moulded doorframes throughout. Fairly plain moulded cornicing and picture rails throughout.

BOUNDARY WALLS AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS: coped random rubble boundary walls. Corniced gatepiers to James Street (walled up to form smaller pedestrian entrance with timber gate). Ruinous remains of former coach house and stables adjoining boundary wall to N of house.