Dene Cottages

Dene Cottages is a pair of estate cottages built in 1868 by John Douglas for Rowland or Piers Egerton Warburton. The cottages feature Flemish bond brown brickwork on the lower storey and an oak box frame with plaster panels on the upper storey, topped with a clay tile roof. The structure is rectangular with slightly asymmetrical window arrangements, showcasing an early Vernacular Revival style. Each side of the recessed lower storey has a porch that supports a bressumer for the upper storey. Downstairs, there are two leaded casements with six brick-mullioned lights, while upstairs features three windows with three oak mullioned lights each. Below these windows are plaster panels inscribed with the phrases: "TAKE THY CALLING THANKFULLIE," "LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR NEIGHBOURLIE," and "SHUN THE ROAD TO BEGGARIE." The panels between and beside the windows are decorated with pargetted designs of a rose, thistle, and daffodil. The building has a shaped central chimney on the ridge and exposed tiebeam, collar, and rafters in the end gables. The two plaster panels in the right gable are elaborately pargetted with floral motifs and curlicue borders. Dene Cottages were built for the staff of The Dene House.