6, 8 And 10, Victoria Pathway

A row of three cottages, built around 1852. They were likely designed by James Harrison, possibly for the second Marquis of Westminster. The cottages are constructed of Flemish bond brown brick with steep, graded grey slate roofs. The main block has two storeys and four bays, with two narrower recessed bays in between. The end bays are front-gabled and project forward. Features include a plinth, a gabled central porch to number 8 with a door of six fielded panels and a one-pane fanlight in a round brick arch above, and yellow brick flush quoins to all corners. Number 8's porch has a 10-pane cross-casement window to either side of the entrance. Each projecting bay has a single-story canted bay window with four mullioned and transomed lights, painted stone sills, a frieze, and a cornice to a hipped roof. Entrances to numbers 6 and 10 are located in the recessed end-bays. The first floor has a 10-pane cross-casement window to each side of the porch, beneath dormer gables, and similar casements to each projecting bay. Two brick ridge chimneys are visible, with three others behind the ridge. The rear of the cottages is simple, with small walled yards and wrought-iron flat-roofed porches featuring scrolled brackets. The interiors were not inspected. Together with numbers 2 and 4, 12-18 and 3-17 Victoria Pathway, these cottages represent an unusual example of mid-19th century town planning that is comparable to mid-20th century Radburn layouts, which incorporate a footpath serving the frontages of the cottages and vehicular streets behind them.