No 5, Cottesmore Road And Roofed Gate And Wall

This is a former range of almhouses, later used as a post office and house, dating back to approximately 1858. It was designed by William Butterfield for Viscount Downe and includes a roofed gate and associated wall. The building is constructed of red brick and rubble stone, with some areas whitewashed, and features timber framing with whitewashed nogging. It has a plain tile half-hipped roof with bracketed eaves and two brick ridge stacks, along with a rebuilt brick stack at the rear.

The main block is one storey high in a Tudor style, arranged in an L-shaped plan with a wing projecting forward to the road. The front of the main wing contains a 20th-century door, a two-light casement window, and a single-storey 20th-century extension to the left. There are two original, smaller wings located behind the main wing. The right return has a door and two three-light casement windows, followed by a door, two one-light casements, and another door. The facing range has two doors, a one-light casement door, two three-light casements, a door, and a final one-light casement. Most doors are plank, with applied wooden Tudor arches framing them.

The garden in front of the facing range and inner return is separated from the road by a whitewashed brick and rubble stone wall. The roofed gate, similar in style to a lychgate, consists of two piers constructed of matching materials and a hipped plain tile roof. It features wooden gates and an archway. Formerly known as Widows’ Yard, the property was originally built as a range of almhouses.