26, 28 AND 30, OVERLEIGH ROAD

Nos. 26, 28, and 30 on Overleigh Road are a row of three estate cottages built in 1896 by architect John Douglas for the first Duke of Westminster. They are constructed from stone-dressed blue-diapered Ruabon red brick and feature a brown clay tile roof. Each cottage is two stories high and consists of one bay.

The cottages have framed and boarded doors set in sandstone cases, with moulded arrises to the flush quoins and lintels. The doors for Nos. 26 and 28 are paired, while the door for No. 30 is located at the left end. Each door is accompanied by a small two-pane window on the side. The front parlours of the cottages have mullioned casements with three three-pane metal lights. A moulded sandstone cyma band runs beneath the slightly projecting first floor, which is decorated with a band of diapering. The cottages also feature mullioned casements of two three-pane lights beneath stone dormer-gables, and a datestone marked 18:W:96. There is a ridge chimney and a chimney on the right gable.

Notably, the ground floor of the left end of No. 30, which is on the street corner, has a canted corner that is corbelled in stone to form a square corner at the first floor. The rear of the cottages is simply designed, with walled yards and offices. The interiors have not been inspected.