1-5, The Bartons

1-5 The Bartons is a group of cottages built from Greensand rubble, with some ashlar and brick elements, and a painted or rendered front elevation under plain tile roofs. The cottages have a linear plan, with steps leading up from Church Hill. They are all two storeys high, with No. 1 featuring a cellar.

The exterior of No. 1 has a gabled end facing the road, with a 19th-century door and a 20th-century single-light window at the cellar level. The mid-19th-century front has three bays and a central entrance with a half-glazed door. To the left of the doorway is a 20th-century casement window, while to the right is another 20th-century window set within the original segmental-headed opening. The first floor has sash windows without glazing bars, also with segmental heads. Nos. 2-4 project forward and each have two bays, featuring a painted brick front with a single window and a door on the ground floor of each cottage. The roof ridge of these cottages is higher than that of No. 1 and is hipped at the right-hand end. An historic photograph indicates that Nos. 2-4 originally had sash windows, which have since been replaced with timber casements. No. 5, which projects further forward and appears to be from the 18th century, has a ground floor made of coursed ashlar and lime-washed brick above, suggesting it may have been a single-storey building in the past. It features small two-light casements on either side of the entrance, which has a modern door and a hood above it, along with two matching windows on the first floor. There is also an early 21st-century lean-to addition at the rear.

The interior of No. 5 includes a large open fireplace with a timber lintel that may have been rebuilt, along with an axial ceiling beam.