7-9 Coll Place, including boundary walls and associated ashes place, former privy, and gate piers

Terraced cottages, dating to around 1830–40, with later alterations. Built from millstone grit 'bricks' with painted-ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs, the buildings stand two storeys high.

These three cottages occupy the centre of Coll Place, forming a distinct infill group that is set back slightly from the surrounding terrace. Numbered 7, 8, and 9 from right to left, they sit independent of the properties on either side, with a visible gap separating them. Each cottage is fronted by a linear yard or garden enclosed by low millstone grit 'brick' walls with flat copings. The garden wall and gate slab-piers to the front of no. 9 have been demolished and replaced with modern timber fencing and gate, which are excluded from the listing. No. 7 retains its outdoor coal hole and ash place structure, plus an outdoor privy incorporating modern glass bricks to two walls. A later 19th-century, two-storey single-bay extension has been attached to the front of no. 7's right bay.

All three cottages are two-bay structures with bracketed eaves and rendered ridge stacks. Each has a doorway with a plain painted-ashlar surround on the front elevation; that to no. 7 sits in the south-west return of its extension. Windows throughout have painted-ashlar sills and lintels. No. 7's two-light windows retain their mullions on both floors of the left bay. Nos. 8 and 9 originally had three-light mullioned windows in their larger left-bay windows, though these have been altered: no. 8's mullions have been completely removed on both floors, while no. 9 retains only one mullion to its ground-floor window, which has been enlarged. No. 7 has late 20th-century timber glazing; nos. 8 and 9 have uPVC glazing. No. 7's late 19th-century extension contains a single window to each floor with late 20th-century glazing.

The rear elevation features single-light windows to the ground floor and two-light square mullioned windows to the first floor, though that to no. 9 has been partially blocked. Later windows have been added to all three properties on both floors.

Interiors have been modernised to varying degrees. No. 7's ground floor entrance leads through a modern kitchen in the front extension. The original chimneybreast and cast-iron range have been removed. The main entrance, originally at the front, now opens internally to the ground-floor room and stair. A stone stair that formerly rose from front to rear has been replaced by a modern timber stair running in the opposite direction. A wall between the ground-floor room and stair has been removed, and cellar access has changed from a doorway to a floor hatch providing access to a very small cellar beneath part of the ground floor. The ground-floor room has a stone-flag floor (now covered) and machine-cut ceiling beams flanking the chimneybreast. The fireplace opening has been enlarged and refitted with modern bressumer, tiling, and buttress-style stone supports. First-floor partitions have been inserted to create modern rooms with associated doors. Ceilings and chimneybreasts have been removed, exposing machine-cut side purlins and rafters. Some original floorboards survive.

No. 8's interior contains a ground-floor room partitioned to form a galley kitchen at the rear, with a modern fireplace (possibly concealing an original stone lintel) and machine-cut ceiling beams flanking the chimneybreast. The original stone stair survives in place, covered by modern carpet. A secondary stone stair beneath the main flight leads to a cellar with stone and brick shelving. Modern partitions on the first floor create a landing and additional rooms, with visible machine-cut side purlins. A front bedroom retains a coated stone fireplace surround with cast-iron hob grate and original floorboards.

No. 9's interior is similar to no. 8. The ground floor has been partitioned for a galley kitchen and contains a modern fireplace (again, possibly concealing an original lintel) with machine-cut ceiling beams. The original stone stair survives in place with modern carpet; part of the stair wall has been removed on the first-floor landing (a modern creation) to open the space. A secondary stone stair, accessed via an original three-plank and batten door, leads to a small cellar with stone and brick shelving. The first floor has been modernised and partitioned, though a chimneybreast survives in the front bedroom.

The listing includes boundary walls and associated ash place, privy, and gate piers. Modern doors, later partitions, modern fireplaces, and late 20th-century glazing are not of special architectural or historic interest.