Clifton House

Detached five-bay two-storey house, built 1868, with gabled breakfront to central entrance bay, with projecting porch and with canted bay window to south gable. Recent two-storey block added to rear. Hipped slate roof having rendered chimneystacks and red brick eaves course. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with carved limestone date plaque to breakfront gable. Square-headed window openings and with segmental-headed to breakfront, all having two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, moulded and brick surrounds and cut limestone sills with terracotta brackets, floral to first floor and moulded to ground. Timber panelled door set in segmental-headed opening having brick surround and limestone female mask keystone. Cut limestone plinth and cornice with ornate wrought-iron panels to porch. Two-storey outbuildings to rear with pitched slate roofs, rendered walls, brick chimneystack and carriage arch.

The form of this house is of apparent architectural design and is notable for the generous use of ornamentation to the façade of the building. The house retains many interesting features which serve to enhance the structure, such as the slate roof, timber sash windows and limestone sills. The windows are enlivened by the brick surrounds and brackets. The carved date stone, keystone with carved female head and wrought-iron panels of the porch are clearly the work of skilled craftsmen and add further artistic interest to the façade.