Oakwood House and attached garden wall (EHER 38307)

An early 19th century timber framed and rendered house with remnants of an earlier building, now a gallery, offices and flat. The building is two storeys with attic and cellar and a matching late 19th century bay on the south-west end. The entrance door is very ornate.

October 1951. Grade II listed. An early 19th century timber framed and rendered house with remnants of an earlier building, now a gallery, offices and flat. The gambrel plain tile roof has a half-hipped end. The building is two storeys with attic and cellar and a matching late 19th century bay on the south-west end. The front elevation has 3 hipped roof dormer windows and three two-storey canted bay windows. The ground floor has a pedimented 'Gibbs surround' to the entrance door which is situated between the two original bay windows, and approached by a flight of steps with elegant wrought-iron handrails incorporating boot scrapers. There are two cellar lights in the plinth. The rear elevation has two gabled two-storey extensions with plain tile roofs. The building abuts No.4 to the east (EHER 38308) and No.2 to the west. Internally the symmetrical early 19th century part has a central hall. There is a Chinese-Chippendale staircase in a well to the rear. The two original rooms on the first floor have simple marble fireplace surrounds and cast-iron grates. There are many early 19th century doors and architraves, and a cupboard with cockspur hinges. Also included in the listing is a garden wall to the rear which has a stone plaque with the letters: 'PW'. <1> See photos <2>.