Silvio Mercieca

The details of the balcony is particularly interesting, as indeed is the oversize frieze-like parapet wall that tops the façade.

"[1] According to Edward Said, Mercieca "designed buildings in his own style and also developed the Maltese balcony.

[2] Mark G. Muscat debates whether the latter, Villa San Remo at St.Ignatius Junction, Sliema, may be attributed to Mercieca in the absence of documentation, or whether it was merely "designed by somebody who simply imitated the house in Old Bakery Street, Valletta".

[1] Mercieca also authored Villa Cloe in Ta' Xbiex, at the periphery of the promenade.

According to Mark G. Muscat, "Villa Cloe is unique for its interesting use of multifaceted stonework beneath the windows and vertical fascio-like elements subdividing the columns.