Church End Cottages

Church End Cottages, also known as Nos 1 and 2, are two almshouses with origins dating back to the 17th century. They were enlarged and given Gothic features in the early 19th century. The cottages have a timber frame that is roughcast, with red brick front wings displaying a pattern of black headers. The steep roofs are covered in old red tiles, with fish scale tiles on the oriel windows. This U-shaped building faces north and consists of one and a half storeys, featuring two gabled wings at the front of the older east-west range. The west front wing (No 2) has been rendered.

Gothic detailing includes fretted bargeboards and Tudor-style door frames. Each wing has a canted oriel window with hexagonal-paned cast iron casements. There are large external lateral chimneys, a central mullioned window, and a Tudor arched doorway in the middle, accompanied by a blind loop-window to the right and a gabled two-light dormer above. The main range has a central chimney and an elaborate facade on each end gable, featuring a three-light mullioned window with an additional small central top light, all beneath a stepped moulded cornice. The entrance includes a plank door set in a moulded wooden doorcase with a four-centred Tudor head and carved spandrels, along with a Gothic cast iron casement window beside the door. The cottages form a picturesque group of ornamental almshouses.