Fishwicks Cottages

A row of four cottages, now used as commercial premises with a store to the left, was built between 1790 and 1800, in three separate construction phases (Nos. 37 and 39 were added later). The cottages are constructed of coursed squared sandstone, with a stone slate roof over the right-hand half and corrugated asbestos sheeting on the left. The plan is rectangular, with Nos. 37 and 39 being single-fronted, and the store to the left likely originally similar in appearance. The cottages are three stories high, with 2+1+1 windows. Vertical joints are visible between Nos. 37 and 39, and between No. 39 and the section to the left.

No. 37 has a doorway positioned against the junction to the left, featuring a plain surround and a four-pane overlight. A 19th-century shop window is at ground floor level, with a nine-pane sash window on each floor above. No. 39 has a central doorway flanked by nine-pane windows, all with plain surrounds, and a similar nine-pane window centrally positioned on each upper floor. Both Nos. 37 and 39 have reduced chimneys. The store to the left, which now has a filled ground floor frontage, retains evidence of former openings at basement level. It features two three-light flush-mullion windows on the first floor, a former taking-in doorway to the left, and two large, inserted nine-pane windows on the upper floor, which has been raised. The interior was not inspected.

Historically, the section to the left was formerly a handloom weaving workshop.