Surveyor's House — Quay Hill

Detached five-bay two-storey house, extant 1820, on a rectangular plan once with shopfront to left ground floor. Occupied, 1901; 1911. Sold, 1911. Renovated, ----. Hipped slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered "wallhead" chimney stacks to rear (west) elevation having stepped capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta octagonal pots, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered cut-limestone eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls with rusticated rendered quoins to corners. Segmental-headed central door opening with drag edged tooled cut-limestone step threshold, and drag edged dragged cut-limestone doorcase with monolithic pilasters supporting "Cyma Recta" or "Cyma Reversa" cornice on consoles framing timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with drag edged dragged cut-limestone sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement two-over-two timber sash windows having part exposed sash boxes. Interior including (ground floor): central hall retaining tessellated "quarry tile" floor, carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, staircase on a dog leg plan with timber balusters supporting carved timber banister terminating in chamfered timber newel, and carved timber surrounds to door openings to landing framing timber panelled doors; and carved timber surrounds to door openings to remainder framing timber panelled doors with carved timber surrounds to window openings framing timber panelled shutters. Set in landscaped grounds on a slightly elevated site.