14-18 Hathaway Hamlet

14-18 Hathaway Hamlet consists of a row of five cottages and outbuildings, originally built in the 17th century with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cottages are constructed with a timber frame on a rubble plinth, featuring coursed rubble and brick wings. The roofs are a mix of thatch, tile, and some slate, with brick stacks.

The cottages are single-storey with an attic and present a three-window range. To the left, there is a lower rubble wing that has a two-storey brick wing attached to the rear, extending to the left. The entrance to No. 16 features a 20th-century door and a pentice extending to the left over a 1:2:1-light oriel with leaded glazing. No. 17 has a 20th-century door to the right of a window with a two-light small-paned casement. No. 18 has a similar entrance under a pentice that extends over a bowed oriel with leaded glazing, along with two windows with two-light leaded casements to the right. There are three dormers with leaded and small-paned casements, and stacks located at the rear and front of the ridge.

The right return of the cottages features a half-hipped gable and casements. The rear includes a single-storey addition. The left end has a rubble wing with a brick end stack, two segmental-headed windows with small-paned casements, and a gabled dormer with leaded glazing. The return has an entrance with a glazed door, a casement window, and a small first-floor light. The rear wing has a small-paned two-window projection, an entrance with a glazed door, flanking windows with small-paned casements, and one similar window on the first floor, along with a cross-axial stack. The rear also features a catslide outshut with a partly slate roof and an entrance to the return, as well as segmental-headed casements.

Hathaway Hamlet dates back to the 17th century when it was a collection of two or three cottages and farm buildings. In the late 18th century, most of the buildings were converted into a workhouse and almshouses for the parish of Old Stratford, which were later replaced in 1836 by the union workhouse in Stratford.