Pair Of Cottages On Side Road At Ngr Tf8615 0435

This pair of cottages, built around 1830 by WJ Donthorn, is currently unoccupied and partly used as an animal shelter. Constructed from red brick on a flint and brick plinth, the cottages feature a pantile roof and a central brick ridge stack. They are designed in a simple Tudor style, characterized by ornamental hood moulds with shield stops. The cottages are single storey with an attic and include a central brick porch with a simple pediment, which has a pair of blocked doors. On either side of the porch, there is a 3-light casement window. At each end, there is a central doorway (the left side doorway is blocked) with a single-light window on either side and two 2-light windows above, partially set into the gable. The gable features a brick dentilled cornice at the eaves line and roof line. The interior retains a pair of winder stairs. These cottages have undergone slight alterations and were designed around the same time that Donthorn built Pickenham Hall in 1829 and other buildings on the estate.