Havard House, including Forecourt Wall, Railings and Gate; and Former Stable Blocks to East and West

This property comprises Havard House, a 17th-century town house, along with associated forecourt walls, railings, gates, and former stable blocks to the east and west.

At the west end is a two-storey block, originally the stables for No. 3 Buckingham Place. The construction utilises stone with red brick dressings, topped with a slate roof. It features camber-headed window and door openings. On the ground floor, there are two wide cartshed doors to the left, and a panelled door with a fanlight of small panes, alongside a 12-pane sash window at the right-hand end. The upper floor has four 9-pane sash windows.

Havard House itself presents a street frontage of three storeys and three windows, with a pebbledash finish and a parapet. The top floor features three low casement windows in plain architraves. The first floor displays 12-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars within plain architraves. The ground floor has a doorway with a rusticated stone architrave and a modern door on the left. A forecourt is enclosed by fine wrought iron gates and railings.

To the left of the main house stands a former stable block, now used as a convent. This block is divided into two sections, both rendered and with slate roofs. The western section is two-storeys high with higher eaves, and an external chimney breast to the front. It features stone architraves and a first-floor band, with nine-pane sash windows – two to the upper floor and one on the ground floor to the right. A 4-panelled door with an architrave is located on the left side of this block. The eastern wing is single-storey with an attic, and has lower eaves, with a slate roof punctuated by three gabled dormers containing modern two-light casements. The ground floor has four 9-pane sash windows with horns.

At the rear, at a right angle to the west, is a gabled two-storey and attic block with a 12-pane sash window in the attic, two 12-pane sashes to the first floor, and two tall windows with small panes on the ground floor. The main block’s first floor has four 12-pane sash windows, the one on the left being at a lower level. The ground floor projects forward, with a doorway to the left and two small-pane sashes to the right. A long, modern block extends to the rear.

The interior of Havard House is exceptionally well-preserved from the 18th century. The parlour includes a panelled dado, a fireplace with a lugged architrave and pediment, and an iron grate with Gothic detailing. The staircase hall has an oak and mahogany staircase with turned balusters, flanked by Doric pillars. The sitting room features a bolection-moulded doorcase, complete panelling, a fireplace with an overmantel, a cornice, and panelled doors. A workroom, possibly formerly a dining room, also boasts complete panelling and a fireplace with a pedimented overmantel. A rear bedroom features panelling and a late 18th-century fireplace with an Adamesque iron grate. A front bedroom retains portions of a heavy cornice and a fireplace with an overmantel. Panelled doors and panelled shutters are found throughout. A 20th-century chapel includes stained glass windows dating from around 1960, created by monks of Prinknash Abbey.