Stippy-Stappy Including Front Garden Walls

This is a terrace of nine cottages built around the early to mid-19th century. They are constructed of rubble stone with granite and brick detailing, and have roofs of gabled scantle slate, except for the roof of the third cottage from the left (number 3), which is dry Delabole slate. Brick chimneys are located over most of the right-hand gable ends. Number 1 has a hipped roof. The original plan was for nine identical cottages, although numbers 1 and 4 are wider. Number 1, on the far left, formerly contained a corner shop, with a blocked doorway visible in the corner’s splay. Number 4 originally had a passageway to the rear on its left side. Each cottage originally had a single room at the front, with a small entrance lobby on the left. Various 19th-century outshuts, lean-tos, and integrated service rooms have been added to the rear of the cottages.

The houses are set on a steep slope, with shallow gardens in front enclosed by stone rubble walls with slate copings. The front of the terrace has an almost unaltered appearance, with two-window fronts. Each cottage has a doorway beneath its left-hand window, except for number 1, which has an additional bay for the former shop to the left of the cottage doorway. The window and door openings are spanned by shallow brick arches with projecting granite keystones. Most cottages retain their original small-paned, hornless sash windows, although number 7 has later four-pane, horned sashes. Numbers 3 and 6 have 20th-century doors, and number 8 has a large 20th-century conservatory. The terrace is prominently located, set into the side of an unspoilt valley. The interiors were not inspected.