The Duchess Cottage, Trentham Gardens

The Duchess Cottage, built around 1841 in Trentham Gardens.

MATERIALS: the building is mainly of brick construction covered in render and paint to produce a timber-framed appearance. It has a brick plinth with chamfered stone top and chimneys of brick and stone. It has a modern tiled roof and timber doors.

PLAN: the plan of the cottage is a cross shape, due to a porch to the north and a bay to the south on a rectangular main room.

EXTERIOR: the south-west façade is reached up a flight of steps. It is a gable end with a four-light casement window and two parts above. The gable end has decorative eaves and sham timber-framing. To the north, there is a porch raised on three stone steps. The north face of the porch has decorative eaves and a pinnacle. The external wall of the porch has an open decorative pattern. At the rear of the property, the pitch roof steps down. The roof is a modern replacement and the higher part holds the chimneys. There is a central timber door on the north-east façade, with casement windows to either side and two windows above, mirroring the shape of the opposite façade. On the south-west façade, there is a single projecting bay with a two-light window. The eaves and pinnacle of this bay match the porch.