St Francis Cottage

St. Francis Cottage is a cottage built around 1895 by W.F. Linton in Middlesbrough, designed in the style of Philip Webb. The exterior features roughcast on brick and a hipped and gabled roof covered with late 20th-century clay pantiles. The roof has sprocketted eaves and raised rendered gable coping on the right, along with two rendered lateral stacks on the left and rear sides. The cottage is 1½ storeys tall with an asymmetrical front.

To the left of the entrance is a doorway with a part-boarded door that has a glazed upper third and glazing bars, topped by a moulded canopy supported by timber brackets. There is a small sash window to the left of the doorway and a tall staircase sash window to the right. Next to this is a two-storey bow window that extends through the deep overhanging eaves, finishing as a flat-topped dormer. This bow window features three casement windows with glazing bars and a moulded cornice on each floor. A single-storey wing at the rear is not of particular interest. The cottage is included for its group value with Briarmead.