71-95 Bridges Lane

A row of single-bay cottages dating from the early 19th century, with numbers 89-95 refaced in the mid-19th century. The cottages are built of dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The front elevations are two storeys high along Bridges Lane, but three and four storeys high at the rear. Quoined angles feature on either side of number 81, which served as an infill between two separate ranges with differing roof levels. Numbers 71 and 81 have single-light sash windows and doorways with tie stone jambs. The remaining cottages have two broad sash windows to the ground floor, alongside the doorway, with a sill tie. First-floor windows consist of a three-light, flat-faced mullioned window framed by two fixed lights on either side of a narrower sash window. The windows of number 87, and the first floor of numbers 83 and 85, have stepped three-light windows. There are seven stacks along the ridge. A passage runs to the rear, located underneath the basement of number 71.

Nos. 89-95 have a regular four-bay design with a re-detailing in the mid-19th century, including an extra attic storey within the gable of numbers 91 and 93. Each of these cottages has a door, with those at numbers 89 and 97 on the right of a corniced shop window, and those at numbers 91 and 93 on the right of a two-light window. Above the doors are two-light windows, all with plain stone surrounds and projecting sills. Single-light windows flank a former taking-in door, now blocked and with a small window inserted, within the gable. Modillion gutter brackets are present on a band. There are four corniced stacks.

The rear elevations display three storeys for the odd-numbered cottages 1-5, with doorways positioned to the left of two-light windows, topped by a single sash window on each floor. Numbers 7, 9, and 11 are three and a half storeys, with a similar arrangement but incorporating three-light stepped windows to the ground floor. Numbers 13-19 show four storeys and boast ranges of flat-faced mullioned windows with doorways featuring tie stone jambs to the left of a five-light window, followed by seven-light windows across the three upper floors.

The cottages are a prominent feature of the local landscape.