May Place May Place Cottage (Number 7A)

A house, originally built in the mid-18th century, was later altered and extended around 1840, with further extensions in the later 19th century. Additional alterations occurred in the early 20th century, and the property was subdivided into three dwellings in 1953. The house is constructed of red brick with a gault-brick front, and has shallow pitched hipped roofs covered with slate at the front and black-glazed pantiles at the rear. There are four brick stacks of panels, positioned irregularly.

The front facing South Green is two storeys with three bays, and a single-storey extension to the left. A projecting single-storey square porch is centrally positioned, with glazed double doors leading inside to 20th-century double doors with engraved glass beneath a 7-vaned fanlight. To either side of the porch are full-height bows featuring 3-light casement windows on the ground floor. The first floor has French windows with glazing bars, each opening onto a continuous wrought-iron balcony supported by posts. The extension features 4/4 and 6/6 horned sash windows, with one converted to a fixed window within a canted bay.

The front facing Queen Street is two storeys with irregular window placement. A 6-panelled door serves No. 7 Queen Street on the ground floor, alongside five mixed sashes and tripartite sashes, all with glazing bars and painted skewback arches. The first floor has a projecting square bay window on brackets, fitted with sash windows and glazing bars, and three further simple sash windows.

Inside the right-hand front room of May Place, a painted ceiling dates from around 1904, the work of Granville Elves. This features 24 square panels depicting portraits of local children floating under a cloud background, with a Greek key frieze to the cornice.