44 And 45, Knighton Lane

A pair of houses dating from the mid-19th century, situated on Knighton Lane, Poole. The houses are built of yellow brick with moulded brick dressings, a brick ridge stack, and a tiled roof featuring bands of fishscale tiles. They are constructed in a Tudor Revival style, with a single-depth plan.

The houses are single-storey with an attic, and feature a two-window front. Central paired gables are complemented by outer gabled porches, with eaves displaying sawn purlins. The entrances are arched with a four-centre arch, featuring label moulds and boarded doors with decorative false strap hinges. The gables contain 3-light ground-floor and 2-light first-floor mullion windows with 2 horizontal glazing bars, also with label moulds. Terracotta panels display the numbers 100 and 101 in Gothic lettering. Further 2-light side gable windows and a central rear gable window are also present.

Inside, the houses are largely plain, with stairs rising from the entrance hall. These cottages are part of a group of similarly styled estate cottages, numbered and known as Lady Wimborne Cottages, named after the wife of the owner of Canford Manor. They are listed as representative examples of their type.