61 AND 61A, PLOUGH LANE (See details for further address information)

1. PLOUGH LANE 4430 BEDDINGTON Nos 57 and 59 Nos 61 and 61A (Formerly listed as No 61) TQ 3064 26/150 20.6.73. II 2. Originally 4 cottages, known as Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 The Model Cottages; No 61 now comprises 2 of these cottages. Mid C19 circa. 2-storey range. 8 window bays, each 1st floor window with a gable over it; end and centre bay project forward, surmounted by wider gables with bargeboards; porches in returns of projections. Plain tile roof. Yellow stock brick front with red brick dressings. 2-light casements with small panes; lower windows leaded and set in pointed arches with red brick herringbone work in tympana. Porches with hipped tile roofs and ledged doors. The cottages were originally built to provide accommodation for the Carew Estate Workers and were then used as almshouses by the Church in Beddington. An external chimney in each end return, one bearing a coat of arms and the other bearing a plaque with the initials HJ or JH and the date 1859 [initials of the Rev James Hamilton, rector of Beddington from 1841 to 60?]. Shown on OS Map of 1868.

Listing NGR: TQ3014364278