officer's house — South Circular Road

Attached five-bay two-storey over basement former officers' quarters, dated 1889, having breakfronts to either end of front (west) elevation, that to south gabled, returns and later additions to rear (east) elevation. Gabled porch to front, canted bay window to south, lean-to porch to north elevation. Pitched and hipped slate roofs, with terracotta ridge tiles, red brick chimneystacks having some clay chimney pots, carved terracotta eaves course, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Some granite coping. Red brick, laid in Flemish bond, to walls, red brick string courses, chamfered brown brick plinth course over basement level. Moulded terracotta date plaque to front of porch to front. Paired and single segmental-arched window openings with six-over-six pane and four-over-four pane timber sash windows, bull-nosed surrounds and carved granite sills. Some cast-iron railings to windows. Round-arched door opening to porch to front, bull-nosed red brick surround, dropped terracotta keystone and terracotta impost blocks, double-leaf timber panelled door and plain fanlight. Door opening onto rendered platform and steps flanked by cast-iron railings on brick plinth wall with carved granite coping. Cast-iron bootscrape to platform. Segmental-arched door opening to canted bay window to south elevation, carved red brick surround, double-leaf glazed timber door and overlight, opening onto cast-iron steps having flanking cast-iron railings. Segmental-arched door opening to south elevation, carved red brick surround, timber panelled door and overlight, opening onto timber platform flanked by cast-iron railings. Shouldered opening to porch to north elevation, carved terracotta lintel, recessed door opening accessed via tiled steps with cast-iron handrail.