Trellis Cottage

Detached double gable-fronted three-bay two-storey house, built c. 1895, having attic accommodation with dormer window, box bay window to south elevation, bay windows and verandah to front (west) elevation. Single-bay single-storey lean-to to rear (east) elevation. Pitched tiled roof with fish scale pattern, rendered chimneystacks, timber bargeboards and finials. Single-pitched sprocketed copper roof to verandah having ornate painted timber trellis and piers. Roughcast rendered walls. Camber-headed openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Sixteen-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to bay windows, front elevation, having flanking twelve-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Continuous render sill course to first floor windows. Square-headed opening to front having overlight and timber panelled half-glazed timber double-leaf doors with flanking six-over-one pane fixed windows. Geometric tiled threshold to entrance. Square-headed opening to box bay having overlight and half-glazed timber panelled door with flanking sidelights. Two-bay single-storey former gate lodge to north-west. Pitched tiled roof with uPVC bargeboards and render chimneystack. Rendered walls. Square-headed openings having timber external shutters, two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows to east and replacement uPVC windows north, south and west elevations. Concrete sills throughout. Square-headed opening with timber panelled door. Pair of cast-iron piers to north having cast- and wrought-iron double-leaf gates.

A fine example of late nineteenth century Arts and Crafts style domestic architecture. This style was much favoured for suburban housing in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century. The symmetrical façade is enlivened by a variety of window types and ornate timber verandah. The site retains its gate lodge and ornate cast-iron piers.