Polcrebo Moors Cottages

Polcrebo Moors Cottages is a row of three cottages, partly dating from the 17th century and remodeled and extended in 1836, as indicated by a datestone. The cottages are constructed of granite rubble, featuring partly-dressed granite quoins, jambstones, and lintels. They mostly have scantle slate roofs, with a granite-coped gable on the left and brick chimneys over the gable ends on the right, as well as over the original gable ends, which are now cross walls. The central roof is covered with corrugated aluminium sheeting.

Originally, the building had a two-room plan with a through passage. The front has been remodeled, and the fireplaces have been partly rebuilt using some original materials from the 18th century or from 1836. In 1836, the structure was extended with a single-cell building at either end, reusing the original 17th-century coping at the left gable end. A single-storey lean-to was also added behind the original house, slightly overlapping the rear of each cottage and providing a pantry for each household, likely at the same time.

The cottages are two storeys high, with an overall four-window south front. The original two-window front house is in the middle, flanked by two similar one-window front cottages. The house has a blocked doorway to the right of the middle. Most openings feature late 19th-century sashes, but there is an early 19th-century 12-pane horizontal sliding sash that survives at the first floor on the left. Each cottage on either side has a doorway towards the left and a window towards the right, with a first-floor window positioned midway above. At the left-hand corner, there is a 17th-century ovolo-moulded kneeler stone that supports the gable coping. A stone in the wall of the right-hand chimney breast bears the date 1836 in raised Arabic numerals.

Inside, there are some 19th-century floor and roof structures, but the floor has been removed in the original part. The large fireplaces include one in the right-hand side of the house, which features a flat chamfered 17th-century lintel and a blocked oven with an arched entrance. There is a cobbled path and courtyard area at the front. Overall, this is an attractive group of cottages set in a partly wooded environment, little altered since the 19th century.