1-6, Rackfield Place

This is a small terrace of six houses, likely built in the mid-19th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The houses are set with their gable ends facing the road, and are thought to have originally been back-to-back dwellings. They are constructed from limestone rubble with slate, tile, or concrete tile roofs.

The arrangement is unusual. The four houses furthest from the road, on the east side, are stepped down, revealing a continuous spine party wall. On the west side, the houses maintain a common eaves line, and the spine wall is not visible. The houses are three storeys high, with a single window facing the street. On the east side, the upper floors have broad three-light mullioned windows with casements within dormers, featuring heavy stone sills. The first floors have three-light windows, and the right-hand house has a plank front door set within irregular stonework and a square lintel. Nos. 5 and 6 have more modern, small-pane casements. The houses have low-pitched, lean-to roofs, which step down. The end house has an entrance at ground level, adjacent to the River Avon. The eaves have a continuous series of vertical modillion stones, and a ridge is punctuated by six large two-stage ashlar stacks. The road frontage is plain and is bounded by a low wall with swept coping at ground floor level. The west side has a continuous single-storey lean-to, with short open porches and side plank doors for each house. Windows are eaves-high, two-light, with paired two-light windows at ground floor level. The modillion eaves continue around the building, with three small square eaves stacks. The interior has not been inspected.

This terrace is considered very unusual and appears to be a development of workers' housing built on a back-to-back design, which is remarkable for the area. Dates scratched into the door jamb of No. 6 include 1823, although this seems unlikely based on the overall architectural detailing.