Sunny Bank Cottage

Sunny Bank Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 18th century and was altered and extended in 1902 by Ernest Newton for Richard Biddulph Martin. The building is constructed of coursed dressed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof with gable-end parapets and handmade brick end stacks. It has two storeys and an attic with half-dormers and a moulded eaves cornice.

The cottage has three bays; the outer bays contain 16-pane sash windows on both main floors, with gabled half-dormers above that have parapets with kneelers and 9-pane sashes. In the centre of the first floor, there is a round-headed sash window with a moulded keyblock. The main entrance below features a moulded flat stone canopy on consoles and a round-headed doorway that has a partly-glazed door with a cambered head and a segmental panel above.

To the north-east side, there is an outbuilding that was converted in 1902 to form a small extension. Its walls have been raised in height with ashlar, and it has a shone tiled roof laid in diminishing courses, along with an ashlar ridge end stack with two shafts. This extension is single storey with an attic and dormers, consisting of two bays. The ground floor has two 12-pane sashes and a rectangular leaded light, while there are two gabled dormers with 2-light leaded casements. In the angle with the main part of the house, there is a 4-panelled door and a small attic window. The name of the house and the date of the alterations are inscribed at the upper left corner of the front of the wing.

Inside, the cottage features a dog-leg staircase with balustrading from around 1902, which consists of decorative openwork panels. The ground floor of the main range is laid with limestone flags.