Numbers 1 And 2 Laundry Cottages And Water Tower Attached At North End

Numbers 1 and 2 Laundry Cottages and the attached Water Tower at the north end are a pair of estate cottages that were originally part of the service range for Shrubland Old Hall, which was mostly demolished in the 19th century. The building is dated 1637. It consists of three cells and is two storeys high. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, mostly underbuilt and encased in 19th and 20th-century brickwork that is now painted. The roof is covered with plain tiles and features axial chimneys made of red brick.

At the south gable, there are original barge boards adorned with carved trailing-leaf ornamentation. One side displays the initials B over WD, while the other side shows the date 1637. In the apex of the gable is a drop-finial. The windows are mainly 20th-century small-pane casements, and there are flush entrance doors. Inside, there is a good clasped purlin roof that is partly wind-braced, and some plain close-studding is exposed.

A two-storey 20th-century extension is attached to the west side of the cottages. At the north end, there is a 19th-century water tower that serves the Shrubland estate. This tower is a plain square structure made of gault brick, heavily buttressed, and features battlemented parapets.