Gardeners Cottages

SK 13 SE PARISH OF SUDBURY MAIN ROAD 3/64 (West Side) 1-3 Gardeners Cottages GV II

Row of three cottages. 1678 and c1845. Red brick and plain tile roofs. Brick coped gables with plain kneelers. Brick ridge and gable stacks to earlier part. Later part has one brick ridge and two gable stacks, all with paired diamond plan shafts. Plain first floor band to earlier part.Single storey plus attics and two storeys. T-plan. Long lower range to east built in 1678 as almshouses. North elevation has three doorways with plank doors, two with bracketted wooden hoods, two small single light windows and a 2-light casement. A single light-and a 2-light casement above. South elevation has four 2-light casements to ground floor and four 2-light gabled dormers above. Taller c1845 cottage to west. West elevation of three symmetrical gabled bays, the centre one narrower and advanced. Central- doorway with chamfered surround, wedge brick lintel and Gothic panelled door with overlight. Flanked on each side by 3-light casement windows with diamond lights. Three similar 2-light windows above. All openings have returned brick hoodmoulds. Return south elevation is asymmetrical with similarly detailed fenestration.

Listing NGR: SK1582432337