593 and 594 Hammond Street

A pair of mid-19th century estate cottages with later 20th and 21st century extensions and alterations. The extensions are not included in this listing.

The earliest part of the building is constructed of cut and squared limestone rubble, set beneath a hipped roof of plain tiles with a central chimney stack along the ridge. The modern extensions largely match the original materials and are not of special interest.

Originally rectangular in plan, each semi-detached cottage initially comprised two bays and a two-room layout, to which a single-storey rear addition was later added. Later rear extensions to each cottage and a side addition to No. 594 were constructed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The front, roadside (west) elevation features ground-floor openings under segmental stone arches. Each cottage has an entrance with a 21st-century plank door and a two-light timber window to the ground floor. No. 593 has 21st-century timber windows on the ground floor. The side (north) return of No. 594 has a modern timber window with a concrete lintel, while the modern window in the south return of No. 593 has a segmental stone lintel. The extensions obscure the other elevations.

Inside No. 594, the entrance door opens into a room containing a large fireplace with a chamfered timber bressumer and the remains of a bread oven. The former location of the staircase, which is no longer present, is indicated by a slight change in ceiling height to the side of the chimney breast. A plank and ledge door connects to a smaller room, and a doorway from this room, originally leading to the rear of the cottage, has a pegged timber surround. Access to the first floor is now via stairs in the rear extension. While no historic features are evident in the two first-floor rooms of the original cottage, the mid-19th century pegged roof timbers remain. These comprise principal rafters, with a collar to the central truss, and single rows of staggered purlins. No. 593 was not inspected internally in 2016, but information suggests the ground-floor partition has been removed and the first-floor partition has been re-sited.

Specifically excluded from this listing under Section 1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 are the late 20th and early 21st century extensions and the detached garage to No. 593.