Listed Building: 18 AND 20 VILLIERS ROAD, SOUTHSEA (1387266)

Paired semi-detached house. 1853. Stuccoed. No.18 has steep pitched Welsh slated roof, No.20 similar with interlocking tiles, rendered stack at centre. 2 storeys, basement and attic, each 2 bays. Centre bays have paired gables with brackets to eaves and verge. On left of No.20 and right of No.18, each has recessed 2-storey entrance bay with 6 stone steps to porch with round-headed arch and architrave opening, recessed 4-panelled door, upper panels glazed with fanlight to No.18 and fully glazed door to No.20. On left of No.18 and right of No.20 is a tall canted bay window with 2 front and 2 flanking casements, No.18 has slate pent roof and No.20 tiled. On first and second floor each has 6-pane sash with projecting sill and brackets, second floor sashes shorter. Over each flanking bay 1 sash with marginal glazing set under round-headed arch and architrave opening. 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)