Cottage Opposite Gateways

The building known as the Cottage Opposite Gateways is an unoccupied house dating from 1675, as indicated by the initials and date "IM BI 1675" on the structure. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The cottage has a two-cell central entry plan and stands two storeys tall. Its facade is symmetrical with three bays and is gable fronted, showcasing quoins at the corners.

The wide doorway is notable for its inscribed ogee-lintel, which has composite jambs and a moulded surround. This entrance is flanked by two-light chamfered mullioned windows. Above the door, there is a hollow chamfered drip course that extends around the right-hand return of the building. The first floor originally had two-light windows, although the mullions are now missing. These windows flank an arched light with sunken spandrels, which is mirrored above at the apex of the gable. The roof has a flatter pitch than it originally did.

At the rear, the cottage retains its original more steeply-pitched gable, which includes an ashlar gable stack. The right-hand return, which faces Harrogate Road, features a deep plinth with a chamfered ashlar course, along with a blocked five-light mullioned window and a blocked three-light window above it.

This cottage is significant as it is one of only two 17th-century dwellings that survived the 18th-century rebuilding of Harewood, which was developed as a model village for the Lascelles family. It is part of the Harewood Estate. At the time of the resurvey in 1985, the cottage was noted to be in a dilapidated condition.