Pimms Row

A row of six cottages, now combined into three, dating from the mid-18th century and altered since. The cottages are built of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with a plain tile roof. Originally, they were arranged as six individual bays, with doors leading directly outside, set in pairs. The windows have 20th-century 6-pane, 2-light casements and projecting wooden sills. Segmental arches of header brick feature above the openings. A Norwich Union fire insurance plaque is located below the eaves between bays 3 and 4. The eaves have a stepped, dentilled detail. The roof is hipped at the left end and has ridge stacks positioned between bays 1 and 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6. At the rear, single-storey, gabled kitchen wings have been added. Inside No. 43, some older timbers have been reused as beams. A timber-framed partition wall in the right-hand bay, dividing the front and rear rooms, features square panels and long straight braces. A queen-post roof truss is also present. Records refer to an indenture from 1909 referencing a late 16th-century document related to the property, but the architectural style indicates the row was built in the 18th century, although incorporating earlier materials. The row is believed to have been built for a local brickworks.