19, Bury Road

19 Bury Road is a house that was originally a pair of cottages, built around 1830, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The structure is timber-framed and has an exterior rendered with a dash finish. It features a steeply-pitched roof that was once thatched but is now covered with asbestos slate. There is a single chimney stack that is visibly expressed with a widened base at each gable wall. The house is one storey with attics and consists of two bays, which were originally two single-cell cottages.

On the front (east) elevation, each bay has a doorway and a ground floor 2-light casement window, both situated beneath a plain drip mould. The doors are plain ledged and planked, with a small light in the upper part. The attic features former eyebrow dormers that have been reshaped into wedge dormers, each with small 2-light casements set within a semi-circular arch formed by a vertical boarded dormer front.

Inside, there is a single room on each floor, connected by a plain winder stair. Each ground-floor hearth has a simple surround with a mantel shelf. The attic storey reveals exposed slender timber-framing.

Historically, the site of No. 19 Bury Road was undeveloped at the time of the enclosure of Shillington in 1817. Between 1801 and 1861, the population of the county doubled. The house is of special interest as it has survived in relatively unaltered form, representing the final phase of vernacular building traditions in the area. This type of dwelling, built to accommodate rural workers, is rare, with very few examples of this class and date surviving nationally.