Greencroft — Claremont Road

Detached three-bay single-storey house, extant 1909; occupied 1911, on an L-shaped plan centred on single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch; single-bay (four-bay deep) or single-bay (three-bay deep) single-storey returns (south). Sold, 2004. For sale, 2013. Hipped chamfered fibre-cement slate roof including gablets centred on flat roof (porch); pitched chamfered fibre-cement slate roofs (south), perforated crested terracotta ridge tiles with terracotta ridge tiles to hips, rendered chimney stacks on rendered bases on axis with ridge having stepped capping supporting terracotta octagonal pots, decorative timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with timber finials to apexes, and cast-iron rainwater goods on rendered eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls. Square-headed central door opening into house with timber mullions supporting timber transom, and concealed dressings framing glazed timber panelled door having sidelights below overlight. Square-headed flanking window openings with sill courses, and timber surrounds framing timber casement windows. Interior including: central hall retaining carved timber surrounds to door openings framing timber panelled doors, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose; dining room (north-east) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door, Classical-style chimneypiece, and moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose; drawing room (north-west) retaining carved timber surround to door opening framing timber panelled door, Classical-style chimneypiece, and picture railing below moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling centred on plasterwork ceiling rose. Set in landscaped grounds with cut-granite piers to perimeter having pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron gate.