Napier Cottages

Napier Cottages is a terrace of three houses built in the early 18th century, possibly designed by Vanbrugh and contemporary with Kings Weston. The cottages are constructed from limestone rubble with dressings, featuring brick exterior stacks and a pantile roof. They have a single-depth L-shaped plan and stand two storeys tall with a four-window range. The entrances are located on the returns, with a prominent left return chimney breast. Stone lintels are present over the entrances to Nos 1 and 2 on the right, while No. 3 on the left has brick lintels. The three right-hand ground-floor windows showcase large Mannerist stepped voussoirs, with a key that rises to the sill above, and feature sashes. There is a central segmental-headed window flanked by flat-headed ones with casements. A later left-hand extension includes a 6/6-pane ground-floor sash and a four-light canted oriel with a curved base in the end gable. The interior has not been inspected. The cottages are noted for their "enormous voussoirs of obviously Vanbrugian derivation."