Listed Building: FURNESS VILLA (1387108)

House. 1858. Probably by TE Owen. Stuccoed. Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys and rear basement, 2 bays. L-shaped plan. Entrance front continued within north-facing lower wing has C20 door with fanlight set within gabled central projection with projecting verges and heavy moulded brackets. Recessed wing on left has 4-pane circular casement with C20 door to left. Moulded band course over entrance on central projection; 2 narrow sashes on first floor set under moulded round arches with moulded impost band. Right return: left wing has lean-to roof. 2-light casement window on left, and 6-pane sash to first floor; right wing gabled with heavy shaped eaves brackets. Rear has 3 sashes to ground floor each with moulded cornice on shaped brackets, central sash has attached ornate iron window guard. C20 single storey and basement extension on right. INTERIOR not inspected. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: 1974-: 93; Portsmouth Papers No.32: Riley RC: The House & Inhabitants of Thomas Ellis Owen's Southsea: 1980-). Selected Sources Books and journals Lloyd, D W , Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs, (1974), 93 Riley, R C, 'Portsmouth Papers' in The House and Inhabitants of Thomas Ellis Owens Southsea, , Vol. 32, (1980)