The Nine Houses (Of Which Six Survive)

The Nine Houses, a row of six surviving cottages, likely formerly almshouses, date back to around 1650. They were repaired and renovated in 1968-1969. The cottages feature stone-dressed brick, brick-nogged, and plaster-panelled small framing, with brick at the rear and grey slate roofs that include six jettied front gables.

Each cottage is two storeys high and consists of one bay. They have a one-course sandstone plinth, oak boarded doors set in stone-dressed openings with Tudor-arched lintels, and a 12-pane horizontally-sliding sash window for each cottage. At each end of the cottages, an oak console supports a chevron-banded bressumer.

The second storey framing includes heavy bay-posts and altered small framing to fit a replaced central horned 16-pane sash window for each cottage. The side panels feature a substantial intermediate rail, while the broad central panel, which was formerly two panels, has a light sill-rail. Each cottage has four oak brackets that support the jettied bressumers of the small-framed gables. The bargeboards and finials have been replaced, and there is a brick chimney located towards the rear of each cottage. The south end is made of old brick, while the rear has been rebuilt. The interiors have not been inspected.