14 15, THE GREEN

LYNDON SK 90 SW THE GREEN (East Side)

6/165 Nos. 14 and 15

GV II

Pair of model cottages. Mid C19. By Henry Roberts. Red brick, with stone hood moulds and Collyweston slate roof with brick ornamental ridge stack. 2 storeys of 2 2-light casements under 2 gables. 2 3-lights to ground floor. Either end in angle a 4-panelled door. On each end gable a 2-light casement both floors, and on right end a C20 door as well. Lean-to to rear. Roberts,as architect to the Society for Improving the Conditions of the Labouring Classes,was a pioneer in the field of working-class housing and his designs were published by the Society for landowners and others to use. These cottages are to one of those designs. Curl, J.S., The Life and work of Henry Roberts 1803 - 1876, Chichester 1983, fig. 36. No. 5, Church Road, including No. 6, Post Office Lane, (q.v.) are to the same design.

Listing NGR: SK9098304290