Dolphin Villa — South Circular Road

Detached three-bay two-storey house, built c.1880, having flat-roofed porch to front (north) elevation. Hipped artificial slate roof, with polychrome brick chimneystacks, terracotta ridge tiles and ridge cresting, rendered parapet, cast-iron rainwater goods and moulded render eaves cornice and fascia. Red brick laid in Flemish bond to first floor, brown brick to ground floor to front, with black brick string course between floors, render quoins and plinth course. Lined-and-ruled render to ground floor to west elevation. Brown brick laid in Flemish bond to porch to front, having render eaves course and cast-iron railings to parapet. Square-headed window openings, with moulded polychrome brick surrounds, painted masonry sills and one-over-one pane timber sash windows. Round-headed door opening to porch, having moulded render architrave surround, timber panelled door and overlight, having cast-iron bootscrape and approached by tiled path. Central elliptical-headed door opening to first floor with moulded polychrome brick surround, double-leaf glazed timber door, sidelights and plain fanlight. Gate screen to east of front comprising red brick piers having moulded polychrome brick cappings and double-leaf cast-iron gate with matching railings on render plinth walls. Double-leaf cast-iron gate to front of porch, flanked by matching railings having decorative openwork panels, set on granite plinths.