21 AND 23, ROSKEAR

A pair of semi-detached houses located in Roskear, believed to have been built around 1900. They were supposedly constructed for the first manager of the South Crofty Mine when the New Cook's Kitchen Mine was sunk. The houses are built of granite rubble laid in courses, with granite quoins, sides, and rear rendered. The rear wing is slate-hung, and the roof is covered with asbestos tiles, featuring rendered brick chimneys. The design follows a double-depth hall-adjoining plan, with each house having a single front and smaller side wing and rear extension.

The houses are two stories high and have a symmetrical facade of 2+2 bays. A large rectangular porch with pilasters that carry scrolled brackets to the cornice sits centrally, enclosing a pair of double doors with coloured margin panes and narrow windows to the sides. Above, there are two basket-arched windows with glazing bars. The upper floors feature four-pane sash windows with exposed boxes, quoined surrounds, and decorative cast-iron window boxes. The roof is hipped. Short, single-storey wings are attached to each side. The rear elevation includes round-headed stair windows. The interior remains uninspected. The buildings form a group with numbers 25, 27, and 29 nearby.