7-10 Hathaway Hamlet

A row of four cottages, dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions from the 18th and 19th centuries. The cottages are timber-framed with painted brick and plaster infill on a rubble plinth, and have brick and rubble construction with thatched roofs and brick stacks. The layout is L-shaped.

The cottages are single-storey with attics. There is a timber-framed bay and a projecting wing with a brick addition to the right. Segmental-headed entrances with plank doors are paired at numbers 9 and 10; the entrance to number 8 is at the end of the wing and also has a plank door. Fenestration varies, including small-paned or leaded casements; number 9 has leaded casements, while number 10 has a 3-light segmental-headed small-paned casement and a similar 2-light leaded casement on the ground floor, both with dormers. A squat stack sits between numbers 9 and 10, and an offset external stack, partly rubble, is at the end of the wing.

The left return has a timber-framed catslide outshut to the left and a lean-to rubble outshut with a tile roof to the right, flanking a timber-framed centre with thin scantlings. The entrance to number 7 is at the left end, with a dormer above; varied fenestration includes a small window on the first floor centre, and a squat stack at the left end. At the rear, the building is similar with a hipped gable end, a dormer, and a bay window with a catslide outshut to the left.

Hathaway Hamlet dates from the 17th century, initially comprising two or three cottages and farm buildings. It was converted in the late 18th century into a workhouse and almshouses for the parish of Old Stratford; this function ceased in 1836 with the construction of the union workhouse in Stratford.