Hazeldene / Ivydene

Pair of semi-detached two-bay two-storey houses, built 1912, having dormer windows to attic and full-height canted bay windows to front (south-west) elevations. Hipped slate roofs with terracotta finials, shared red brick chimneystack having dentillated string course, overhanging eaves and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls to first floor with red brick to ground floor laid in Flemish bond and render string course. Flat-roofed dormer windows with central round-headed window having stained glass one-over-one pane timber sliding sash central window with fixed sidelights. Square-headed window openings to front elevation with timber casement windows to western house having fixed mullioned-and-transomed small-paned windows. Render sills throughout with replacement cut limestone sill to west house. Replacement timber windows to eastern house. Round-headed door openings with red brick voussoirs, half-glazed timber panelled doors with overlight and sidelights having leaded stained glass. Roughly dressed limestone wall to front with render coping.

Probably designed by J.F. McMullen, these handsome houses retain their original form and interesting features. The use of fixed mullioned-and-transomed small-paned windows, stained glass windows and materials such as brick and terracotta, all contribute to the pair's appearance. This well detailed turn of the century pair is an excellent example of the high quality architectural design which was employed for new dwellings as the city spread towards the then entirely separate village of Douglas.