Bilbrook House and 1 Clarence Road

With your back to the gates you will see a pair of terraced Regency houses with unusual Gothic features.

Bilbrook House and 1 Clarence Road were built in 1832 and were designed by John Forbes and/or W. A. Watson, who were Joseph Pitt's official architects and designers of the Pittville estate. Their unusual design combines Regency proportions with Gothic – or Gothick as it was termed – decorative features.

Most noticeable are the sham battlements which decorate the full length of the roof parapet. The windows all have rectangular hood moulds – or dripstones – which terminate in simple horizontal label stops. The glazing itself has y-shaped glazing bars to create subtle Gothic arches.