Larches Locks Cottages Westbury

Larches Locks Cottages, also known as Nos 1 and 2 (Locks Cottages) and Westbury and The Larches, were built around 1900. These cottages are designed symmetrically, featuring two storeys and an attic with two windows. They have steep red tile roofs that are half-hipped at the ends and have low eaves at the rear. The gables rise from the eaves level above the windows and include pierced decorative barge-boards and half-timbering above the window heads, with red herringbone brick infill. A massive central stack, divided by thin pilasters and splayed at the top beneath projecting bands, is a prominent feature. The walls are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a moulded brick weathering band at the first floor, rubbed flat arches, tile cills, and a high plinth. The windows are thin wood casements. Each side has an attic window centrally located below the gable, two windows on either side of the axial porch, and a small window beneath the outshot. The porch has a large tiled and gabled roof supported by an open timber frame resting on brick walls. At the rear, there is a detached utility building in a similar style. At Westbury, the porch has been replaced with a flat-roofed single-storey extension made of red brick that matches the original style.