Westport House — Newport Street

Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge with half-dormer attic, designed 1911; extant 1924, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled breakfront with single-bay single-storey gabled projecting porch to ground floor. Renovated to accommodate continued private residential use. Replacement hipped gabled artificial slate roof on a T-shaped plan centred on pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof with pitched (gabled) artificial slate roof to porch, terracotta ridge tiles with perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles to porch, paired red brick Running bond central chimney stacks having concrete stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins, and cast-iron rainwater goods on exposed timber rafters retaining cast-iron downpipes. Creeper- or ivy-covered rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth. Camber-headed central door opening with step threshold, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings to "cheeks" with moulded sills, and timber surrounds framing fixed-pane timber fittings. Square-headed window openings in tripartite arrangement with moulded sills on thumbnail beaded consoles, and creeper- or ivy-covered dressings framing timber casement windows. Set perpendicular to street.