Number 83 And Attached Wall, Gatepier And Gate

This is a former estate cottage, likely dating from around 1878, similar in style to numbers 89 and 91 nearby. It is constructed of brownish brick in English bond, with the first floor being tile-hung and featuring decorative fishscale tiles and decorative timber framing with plastered infill to the gables. The roof is tiled, with crested ridge tiles and gable finials. The brick chimneys have deep, stepped caps. The cottage is two storeys high and has three bays. It is built in the Vernacular Revival style, featuring a chamfered plinth and a stepped, dentilled band at first-floor level. The front has board doors with small-pane glazing at the top, and small-pane wooden casement windows, those on the ground floor with segmental brick arches and offset tile sills. A projecting, gabled central bay is corbelled on the first floor and has steps leading up to an off-centre internal porch with a four-centred arch framed by stone imposts. The windows are arranged as 3,2,3 lights to the ground floor and 2,3,1 lights above. An external stack is located at the left end, and a ridge stack sits between the right-hand bays. An attached wall runs along the front left corner. This wall is approximately 4.5 metres long and 2.5 metres high, with chamfered ashlar coping. The wall terminates in an octagonal pier with moulded ashlar offsets and cap, supporting a decorative iron lantern. A decorative iron gate is attached to the pier. On the left return, a decorative ashlar plaque flanks a stack and is flanked by single-light windows. The interior has not been inspected. The cottage originally served the nearby Broadgates estate.