Kingsmuir Hotel/Burston House

A pair of large semi-detached villas, one of which is now a hotel. Completed by 1860, the villas display the shift to more Italianate styling during the middle Victorian period. Of particular note are the “Venetian”-style windows with a central curved opening surrounded by matching sidelights. Note also the wide overhanging eaves with decorative supporting brackets. Another Victorian feature is represented by the heavily defined raised blocks or quoins on the corners of the villas and the voussoirs surrounding the front entrance.

Cross back over the roundabout and turn into Albert Road.