Little Naish

A gardener’s cottage, now a house, dating from approximately 1830 to 1840. The building is constructed of rubble with limestone dressings, an ashlar parapet, and slate roofs. It is designed in the Perpendicular Gothic style. A three-stage tower is a prominent feature, containing a polygonal stair turret with a weathered buttress, string courses, lancet windows, and gargoyles below an embattled parapet. The tower has a single light casement with a cusped ogee head, a square hood mould, and mask stops at the first floor. String courses continue up to the gargoyles and embattled parapet. A single-storey wing extends to the south and east; the south wing has two two-light casements with leaded lights and a door, while the east wing has a two-light casement with glazing bars, all with hood moulds. The left return shows canted bays on either side of the south wing, with 20th-century glazing on the left return and leaded lights at the rear. The tower features a four-centred arched double door and a similar window at the first and second floors. The rear of the tower has a four-centred arched window with a four-light casement at ground floor, a similar first-floor window, and a polygonal stack with cusped panels to the sides. The cottage originally formed part of the extensive service and garden buildings associated with the former Naish House, which was destroyed by fire and subsequently demolished. All buildings in this complex were designed in the Gothic style.