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Kilbride Hill — Herbert Road

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Kilbride Hill — Herbert Road
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Detached three-bay two-storey house with an eclectic appearance, built c.1880, possibly extended c.1900, and now in use as an ambassador's residence. The front elevation is asymmetrical and consists of three structural bays of slightly differing heights. The two outer bays have single-storey bay windows, one bowed the other canted. The walls are in red brick with cream brick used for courses, eaves brackets and in the dressings of the openings. There is a tall base course in rock-faced. The red brick is not entirely uniform in colour (suggesting the property may have been extended at some point). The slated roof is hipped and has plain ridge tiles and finials, and a decorative eaves course. The chimneystacks are in brick with decorative corbelling. The entrance is set within an partly open porch within the central bay and consists of a timber double door with intricately patterned glazing and a segmental fanlight over. The porch itself is entered via a large arched opening flanked by pairs of stone columns with decorative quatrefoils over. Directly above the porch is a small balcony with decorative wrought-iron railings. The window openings are largely segmental-headed and mainly filled with one over one and two over two timber sash frames. The bowed bay has a mullioned and tramsomed frame. The property is set within its own grounds.

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