Beech Cottage

Beech Cottage is a house that was originally two cottages, dating from the mid to late 18th century, with some early 19th-century alterations. The exterior is made of painted narrow brick, topped with a renewed pantiled roof and old brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, featuring a straight joint to the left of the door. The central entrance consists of a four-panel door with a four-pane overlight, set within a wooden doorcase. On either side of the door are early 19th-century canted bay windows, each with eight, twelve, and eight-pane sash windows, brick bases, projecting stone sills, and wooden friezes and cornices. Above, there are three twelve-pane sash windows. The eaves are stepped, and the steeply-pitched roof has slightly-swept eaves, with a raised verge on the right supported by a stone kneeler. The building has tall end stacks. A mid-20th-century rear addition is present but is not of special interest.