Bridge Cottage

Bridge Cottage is a cottage, likely built in the early 19th century, that was converted around 1840 into a larger house by adding a substantial extension. The original cottage is made of brown brick in English garden wall bond and features a gabled grey slate roof with a broad chimney that connects to the later extension. It has a symmetrical gable front with a blocked, arched doorway facing Birchdale Road. The cottage is two storeys high, with a 12-pane sash window above the former doorway and a 20-pane sash window (five panes wide) on each storey to either side.

The extension, which has undergone significant alterations, is also two storeys tall and has a symmetrical three-bay front made of red brick with a hipped grey slate roof and symmetrical chimneys. It includes a plaster plinth, a first-floor band, and a Doric eaves-cornice. The entrance features an 8-panel door (with two upper panels glazed) beneath a looped radial-bar fan in a round-arched Roman Doric case of plaster, topped with an open pediment. The upper storey has 12-pane sash windows, and there are mid-20th century bow windows under swept slate roofs on each side of the door. The extension to the left is designed to be in keeping with the original structure.