Christmas Cottage, Inglenook Cottage And Lavender Cottage

A group of seven adjacent houses, dating to the 17th and 18th centuries. The houses were originally timber-framed and have been refronted in red brick, with steep roofs covered in old red tiles. They face south and extend east from the junction with Birch Lane.

Number 94 fronts Birch Lane and forms half of the rear wing of number 95, with a matching single-storey extension set back on the left-hand side. It is built of 18th-century sandy red brick and has a steep hipped roof to the rear wing, with an internal chimney. There are two windows on each floor, featuring 3-light casement windows with segmental arches to the ground floor. A plank door is situated at a corner with an open gabled porch. The west gable of number 95 is constructed of plum brick, with a blocked door and 3-light casement windows on each floor. It has a side-purlin roof.

Number 95 is joined to numbers 96/97, which form half of a timber-framed building refronted in brick; the other half is number 98. Each of numbers 95, 96/97, and 98 has two windows (3-light casement windows with segmental arches to the ground floor) and plank doors. Number 98 has an east gable chimney, while the west half of the building has an internal chimney and lobby entry. The soffit of the front wallplate, visible beyond the walls, has mortices for studs of a former timbered front wall.

Number 99 has its gable end facing the street, framed by full-height timbers. There’s one window on each floor and a door on the right-hand side. A panel of 17th-century brickwork with a small square window under the eaves, and flanking a large old chimney, is also present.

Number 100, also from the 18th century, has a gabled design, with 3-light casement windows, a floor band, and some blue headers in the brickwork. It has a rear gable chimney and an arched, narrower upper window.

Numbers 101 and 102 form a pair, set back slightly and with a later front facade than number 100. They feature a central pilaster, a chamfered plinth, and corbelled eaves. Each house has one window on each floor, with a shared central chimney. They have 3-light casement windows with segmental arches to the ground floor windows and doorways with heavy frames and plank doors. Number 102 has an early 20th-century decorative east gable, featuring a toothed course and a hipped bay below a half-timbered gable.