Court Cottages

BORASTON

SO67SW Nos.1 AND 2 582-1/5/1 Court Cottages 15/03/74

GV II

Pair of attached houses. C17 with C19 rear extensions. Painted timber frame with painted render infill panels on stone rubble plinth. Buff brick and red brick rear wings. Old plain-tile roof. Projecting brick gable-end stacks. 2-window range to front with twin gabled brick rear extensions, with No.1 occupying the left half and No.2 the right half. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. West front with square framing 5 panels high, with tension braces to right at sill level and to left at girding-beam level, truss posts, studs with middle rails. 2 3-light casements each floor with C20 replacement to ground-floor right. To the left side of each house is a plain doorway with projecting tiled canopy, with plain boarded door to No.2 and C20 flush door to No.1. Right return gable: square framing 4 panels high, with centre covered by C20 brick projecting stack. Gable-end truss of tie beam, collar, vertical struts. Attic- and first-floor casements in gable. Single-purlin roof evident. Rear extension side wall to right with 2-light casements with brick segmental-arch lintels at each floor. Left return gable: square framing partly covered by projecting brick stack, gable-end truss of straight tie beam, vertical struts to collar, girding beam, studs with middle rails. Rear extension side wall to left as for opposite side. Rear: twin gables each with 2-light casement at both floors and rear doorways with C20 doors all with segmental-arch lintels. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO6148970105