Stone Cottages

A row of five stone cottages, originally six, likely dating from the 1840s. The cottages are constructed of roughly squared local sandstone ashlar, laid to courses, with the attic storey in Flemish bond brick. They have a slate roof and brick chimney shafts with corbelled cornices.

The cottages were originally arranged symmetrically, facing west, with each cottage one room wide and two rooms deep. The original layout included back-to-back fireplaces in three axial stacks. The main entrances are located at the extreme left (No. 1) and right (No. 6), with the other doors originally paired, centrally. Nos. 2 and 3 have been combined into a single dwelling, blocking the original entrance to No. 2.

The exterior features two storeys and an attic. The original six-window front was symmetrical, with stone platbands at the first-floor level and a brick platband at attic floor level. Ground and first-floor openings have stone ashlar voussoirs. The cottages have recessed plank front doors and 2-light timber casement windows to the ground floor. First-floor windows are similar, arranged in pairs. The attic dormers are slate-hung with deep eaves and pierced curly bargeboards, glazed with small-pane timber casements from the 19th century. A 20th-century single-storey lean-to porch has been added to the right (south) return.

The interior has not been inspected.

The cottages have group value with other listed buildings along Groombridge Hill.