31-33, Bedford Street

31-33 Bedford Street is a pair of cottages built in 1860 by the Seventh Duke of Bedford. They are constructed from light red mottled brick and feature a 20th-century tiled roof.

The cottages are two stories high and have two gables on either side of a central gablet. The ground floor includes three three-light windows, while the first floor has two two-light windows beneath the left gable and one three-light window beneath both the central gablet and the right gable. All windows are small-paned casements set in timber mullioned surrounds, topped with gauged brick flat heads. There are two doorways, one on each side of the central section, each featuring a door with three vertical panels and a gauged brick flat head with a dripstone above. The roof is adorned with two red brick multiple ridge stacks.

The Seventh Duke of Bedford aimed to provide comfortable housing for agricultural labourers, focusing on practical design rather than picturesque aesthetics from the late 1840s onwards. These cottages are notable for their high-quality construction at an early date and represent a significant contribution to the evolution of working-class housing, influencing the development of garden cities and early council housing. The Dukes of Bedford built approximately 500 cottages in the area between the late 1840s and World War I. This pair of cottages reflects the designs found in the Seventh Duke's Plans and Elevations and is recognized for its group value.