1-4 River Houses

1-4 River Houses is a group of cottages built in the 19th century. The ground floors are constructed from sandstone rubble with handmade red brick quoins, while the first floors are tile-hung, likely over a timber frame. The hipped roofs are tiled and feature two square brick chimneystacks with moulded cornices, shared by two cottages. The rear slope has a catslide roof extending to the ground floor.

In terms of layout, Nos. 1-3 each have two bays, while No. 4 has three bays and an additional brick lean-to extension, indicating it may have been built for a worker of higher rank, possibly a foreman.

The main facade faces south-east and includes later 19th-century wooden casements within the original window openings. Nos. 1-3 have plank doors with rectangular glazed panels framed by moulded wooden architraves. The doorcases for Nos. 1 and 2 are hidden behind later 20th-century porches with sandstone bases and hipped tiled roofs. No. 4 features an early 20th-century gabled wooden porch on a brick base, topped with a gabled tiled roof and wooden bargeboards, and has solid wooden side walls with quatrefoil-shaped cutouts. The 19th-century brick lean-to addition has a small-framed metal-framed casement on the ground floor. The south-west side elevation includes a 20th-century wooden bow window. The north-west, or rear elevation, shows three courses of stretcher bricks at the top of the sandstone ground floor, with 19th-century casement windows and plank doors. No. 2 has 20th-century tiles on the roof, No. 3 features a flat-roofed 20th-century dormer, and No. 4 has a rear projection with an external brick chimneystack.

Inside, No. 1 retains an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer and a bread oven, along with another plank door on the ground floor. Similar features may also be present in the other cottages.