11 AND 12

11 and 12 are a pair of estate cottages built in the 1860s by J Ross for James Roberts West. They are constructed of brick with a tile roof featuring fishscale bands and a brick cross-axial stack with front and rear diagonal shafts, forming a T-plan. The cottages are two storeys high and have a two-window range. They feature a plain cornice that runs around the gables, wide eaves and verges, and a pair of gabled projections at the center. Each end has a segmental-headed entrance with a plank door that has enriched strap hinges, set beneath a brick labelmould. The segmental-headed windows have weathered sills; the ground floor windows are 3-light latticed casements under brick labelmoulds, while the first-floor windows are 2-light latticed casements. The returns of the projections have single lights under labelmoulds, and the returns are similar. There is a single-storey rear wash house. The interior has not been inspected. This is a well-preserved example of estate housing, part of a row of seven pairs, most of which have been altered. The design won a prize from the Royal Agricultural Society in 1861, and a copy of the plan, with slight differences, is available in the estate papers.