Waverly House

Waverly House is a house dating from the 18th century, situated within an informal terrace. The front facade is whitewashed stucco, with channelled detailing to the ground floor. It has a shallow, imitation-slate roof where the ridge and eaves do not align with those of the neighbouring properties. There are no external chimneys. The three-storey front has a three-window range, with the central and right bays set slightly back and closely spaced. The top floor has nine-pane sashes, the first floor has twelve-pane sashes, and the ground floor has a single twelve-pane sash. A doorway and carriage arch provide access to a throughway. The carriage arch has a cambered head, and the door itself is a fielded five-panel design with a plain overlight, set within a stuccoed architrave featuring thin piers, consoles, and a cornice. The upper floor windows have moulded surrounds, with a sill course running along the first floor, and the surrounds include small brackets supporting the sills. A cast-iron flower rail embellishes the ground floor windows.

A large, three-storey rear wing extends into a courtyard, exhibiting a slightly curved form. The top floor features a 20th-century fire escape door on the left and a nine-pane sash to the right. The first floor has a twelve-pane sash on each side, with a fire escape door centrally positioned. The ground floor has two windows to the centre left and a twelve-pane sash to the right. A later 19th-century coach-house and stable, constructed from rubble stone and brick, adjoins the rear wing at a right angle. The coach house entry is on the left, with three doors in the centre and right, all set within cambered-headed brick surrounds and with 20th-century glazing or doors. There are two eaves-breaking loft lights with 20th-century glazing beneath the gables.

Since 1981, the building has undergone restoration, including renewed glazing. A right-hand chimney and boarded doors to the throughway have been removed.

Internally, there are some four-panel doors, some of which have been replaced. The staircase features straight balusters, a rounded handrail and turned newels extending to the attic, and a later 19th-century marble fireplace. One first-floor room has a small roundel in the ceiling’s centre, surrounded by husk trails with bows at the points. Fireplaces have been removed from elsewhere. A half-glazed door with coloured glass panels is located on the ground floor, providing access to the rear.