Longwater Cottages

Longwater Cottages, also known as Martineau Cottages, were built in 1905 and consist of two storeys with a symmetrical front elevation featuring a gable at each end and set back wings that have varied treatments. The building has a red tile roof with gables on the sides and half-hips on the front gables, along with elaborately carved bargeboards. There are massive brick stacks with rectangular bases that support grouped octagonal flues. The upper walls are timber-framed, showcasing heavy beams at the first floor and eaves level, with main and subsidiary verticals and heavy brackets where the structure jetties out, particularly at the second floor on the north and south side gables and at the first floor on the front gables. The ground-floor walls are made of red brick in Flemish bond, featuring brick cills and a high plinth. The windows are wooden casements. A large central gabled porch is present, constructed with an arch-braced heavy timber frame on a brick base, accompanied by two porches set at angles, each with a hipped roof and a heavy frame with balusters on a brick wall. The porch on the south side gable is integrated into the wall but is heavily framed.