Number 18 (Belmont) And Number 20, Garden Wall And Outhouse Adjoining To Rear

Number 18 (Belmont) and Number 20 are a pair of houses with a garden wall and outhouse to the rear, dating from the 1870s. They were built for the Winn Estate. The houses are constructed of dressed limestone with red brick dressings and stacks, and yellow brick details, with pantile roofs. The garden wall is of red brick.

The houses are arranged in a T-shape, with each house containing a front parlour, a side entrance porch and staircase, a kitchen, and a pantry to the rear. The prominent front features a two-storey, two-bay, twin-gabled wing with flanking porches to the side elevations. A chamfered plinth and raised quoins are visible externally. The front has two three-light casement windows on the ground floor, and similar, smaller windows above, all with wooden mullions and glazing bars set within raised brick surrounds, painted sills, and rubbed-brick cambered arches. There is a three-course band around the first floor, with a central section of cogged yellow brick. Short sections of stepped and cogged brick cornice run along the centre and sides, continuing as a raking cornice to form broken pediments over the twin gables, with overhanging eaves and plain bargeboards. A large central stack features brick bands, a stepped and cogged yellow brick cornice and eight square-section corniced and crested pots. The side elevations incorporate lean-to porches with overhanging roofs supported by corbelled timber brackets; board doors are set in chamfered wooden reveals and brick surrounds, with two panes above a vertical batten. Number 18 retains its original chamfered wooden window mullions.

The adjoining brick-coped wall separates the gardens and connects to a single-storey outhouse. The outhouse has a plinth, quoins, board doors, and cogged brick eaves and raking cornices matching the houses.

The houses and outhouse are notable examples of the series built in the village for Rowland Winn of Nostell, later Lord St Oswald, based on plans published by the Salopian Society. They are included on the list for their group value.