Description

ST THOMAS'S STREET
1.
1577
(West Side)
No 18 (Franfer House)
SZ 5992 3/296

II

2.
Mid C19. Italianate villa. Two storeys and semi attic with tower porch.
Faced with stone cut in imitation of bricks. Flanking pilasters of Roman
cement, plinth. Low pitch hipped slate roof with wide bracketed eaves.
The chimney stacks above eaves have arcaded mouldings. The South entrance
front has an asymetrical fenestration: there is a small recessed casement
in the right angle of the Western pilaster and the eaves. Next a rendered
tower porch with a low pitch pointed slate roof also with bracketed eaves.
At the base, a recessed panelled door with semi-circular fanlight, moulded
arch springing from stringcourse. Above a cross of Malta. On first floor
level is a clock with bands above and below and on the second floor a
recessed round headed casement window, block sill, moulded arch springing
from stringcourse. The Eastern section of the facade has a ground floor
window of five narrow round headed lights, dividing pilasters and moulded
arches rendered. A jettied rendered bay with low pitch gable contains
the first floor and semi attic windows. Recessed round headed casement
to first floor with moulded arch springing from stringcourse, panel
below sill decorated with incised roundels. Semi attic has window of
two round headed lights divided by pilaster, moulded arches on imposts.
There is a similar gabled feature on the East side. The North front to
the sea is more conventional: rendered shallow rectangular bay to West,
tripartite first floor window, plain strips, sashes, glazing bars intact,
bracketed balcony. Ground floor also has tripartite window with Tuscan
pilasters, entablature, glazing bars intact. Small second floor case-
ment breaks into frieze. First and ground floor East, four light case-
ments with flanking fluted pilaster, entablatures with dentil cornices.
The interior retains much of its original mid and later Victorian decoration
and furnishings. The garden to the South has been designed in the Italian
walled manner, inner and outer courts with high rendered walls, much of it
due to the present owner.

Listing NGR: SZ5914192911

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564369

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