Church Cottages At Corner With Pennys Lane

TL 41 SW GILSTON GILSTON LANE (east side)

2/39 Nos 7 and 9 Church Cottages - at corner with Pennys Lane

GV II

Block of 2 houses. '1852' on quatrefoil datestone on E gable. Tall red brick, Gothic, block of estate houses on prominent corner site, facing E. 2 storeys with steep pitched slate roof with heavy moulded bargeboards and moulded pendant. Large central chimney with 5 diagonal flues with moulded caps and bases. Designed as N range with S cross wing. 3 windows. Tall 2-light 1st floor mullioned windows with cast iron lattice casements, flat gauged arches and flush stone sills. 3-light similar windows to Ground floor of N range but single storey 3- sided stone bay window to cross wing with brick base, cast iron lattice lights and hipped metal roof. Rustic gabled, slated porches on tree trunks on S and N ends. Marks of blocked door in angle between wings. An elaborate block of estate houses typical of the Gilston Park Estate under John Hodgson. Part of group with parish church.

Listing NGR: TL4410313467