Estate Cottages Numbers 15 And 16

HUMINGHAM - TM15NE 4/10007 Estate Cottages, nos 15 and 16

GV II

Pair of estate cottages, c1840, perhaps to the designs of Anthony Salvin who was active at Helmingham Hall (qv) in c1841. Brick in Flemish bond with moulded brick stack to party wall. Pantile roofs with ornamental vergeboards to facing gables and half dormer, and slightly swept eaves. Two storeys with outshut to rear; left unit with entrance between pair of windows and half dormer off axis above; right unit with slightly projecting facing gable and entrance to outer range. Doors of original design set in four centred arches. All windows flat arched. Picturesque style combining vernacular forms with those of the 'cottage orne' tradition. Cottages 3-8, 15-20, the Estate Yard, the Old Post Office near the cross roads to the north, and the Old Forge form a group.

Listing NGR: TM1868857088