Dairy Cottage

Dairy Cottage is a cottage ornee that was formerly the dairy for Hardwick House, which has since been demolished. It dates from the mid-19th century and features a timber-framed and rendered structure with a thatched gambrel roof adorned with ornate pierced bargeboards.

The cottage is one-and-a-half storeys tall and is positioned gable-on to the street. It has rusticated rendered quoins and small-paned 20th-century windows. On the south side, there is a large ornate storied porch that projects outward, supported by a row of bracketed wooden columns and featuring a balustrade. The walls display mock timbering, and the gable is decorated with large pendants in Jacobean style, hanging from the eaves and apex, which is topped with a spike finial. An original 2-light cast-iron window in the gable has diamond-leaded panes and external shutters. The central rectangular chimney-stack has a base with lattice ornamentation. There is also a garage extension on the north side that is rendered and thatched to match the original style. The interior has not been inspected.