Listed Building: 12 VILLIERS ROAD, SOUTHSEA (1387264)

House. 1858. Red brick in Flemish bond. Interlocking tiled roof, rendered stack on left. 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Stone quoin strips. On left is a 6-panelled door with chamfered stone surround recessed behind projecting open timber porch with pitched roof and cut bargeboards. On right projecting bay which has facing steep pitched gable and elaborate cut bargeboards is a tripartite stone bay with chamfered mullions and surround, centre and side sashes, and tented tiled roof. On first floor C20 casement with rusticated stone surround. Attic has narrow casement within gable with similar surround. On left is a very narrow 2-storey recessed extension with facing gable and cut bargeboards, door and small casement over with patterned margin glazing. INTERIOR not inspected. Part of a group of mid C19 houses in Villiers Road. (Portsmouth Papers No.32: Riley RC: The House & Inhabitants of Thomas Ellis Owen's Southsea: 1980-). Selected Sources Books and journals Riley, R C, 'Portsmouth Papers' in The House and Inhabitants of Thomas Ellis Owens Southsea, , Vol. 32, (1980)