It sits behind high walls of crumbly vine-struck stucco over black brick, topped with scalloped crenelation and wrought iron Chantilly roses. The pitted, sable thorns are sharp, though mostly for show.
Fourteen iron lanterns garnish the western face of the perimeter wall, flanking the gated entry seven on each side. The old, leafless vines ramify like arteries; organic and chaotic, yet at each of the lanterns, they bend and wreath in a respectful berth, perfectly circular.
The hinged gate, perhaps once polished bronze but now all verdigris, has bars shaped like crooked rowan oaks, with pinnae and pomes picked out in white, red and orange lacquer. Black-faced iron owls with wide, wise eyes of dull quartz sit perched like sentries throughout the branches. Their number corresponds to the lanterns and consequently the street address:
14 Lamplighter Row, East Landing, City of Maris Aquila