16 Albert Road

Although Albert Road was part of John Forbes’s original plan for Pittville, many of the properties were built post-1860 and so are much more clearly Victorian in style. Italianate features dominate as in no. 16, one of a handful built by Charles John Chesshyre and completed in 1863. Note particularly the style and decoration of the windows and the hipped roof with overhanging eaves. The front entrance has dramatic eagle-decorated pillars, but it is not known if these are original.

To see more examples of fine Victorian villas take a short diversion into Pittville Crescent.