Cob Cottages And Hydeaway

Cob Cottages and Hydeaway are two houses that were formerly part of an old poorhouse, dating from the 17th century. The buildings are whitewashed and rendered, featuring two brick chimneys and a slate roof. The rear wing of the old poorhouse faces a yard made of pitched stones and has a single depth plan. Hydeaway has been extended at the right end and includes a further flat-roofed addition. The old poorhouse range, which comprises Cob Cottages and the left end of Hydeaway, has a two-storey, four-window front, with all windows being two-light casements with six panes per light. There is a buttress between Cob Cottages and Hydeaway. Both houses have gabled porches with slate roofs and vertical boards in the gables. Cob Cottages features two large ground floor fireplaces with fireplace beams, with straight cut stops to the ground floor room on the left and run-out stops to the fireplace beam in the ground floor room on the right. The interior of Hydeaway has not been inspected. The buildings are included for their group value.