Pair Of Cottages 20 Yards To South Of Briar Cottage

This pair of estate cottages, located 20 yards south of Briar Cottage, dates from around 1750 and is attributed to Thomas Wright of Durham. The cottages are rendered and feature a hipped thatched roof with overhanging eaves and decorative cut boarding, along with brick stacks. They are designed in a Gothic cottage orne style with a T plan.

The southern cottage is a single storey with attics, characterized by two arched 'eyebrows'. It has two projecting bay windows on the ground floor, each with 1-2-1 light casements, and two-light casements in the attics, all adorned with Gothic pointed tracery and decorative lead glazing. There is a panelled door to the left and a 20th-century door in the east gable.

The northern cottage features a lower rear wing and has a thatched roof that sweeps down to form a pentice supported by rustic timber piers. It is also a single storey with an attic and contains two 2-light casements with similar glazing to the southern cottage, along with a central 20th-century door. The southern cottage originally had a pentice as well, but this was a separate structure from the roof and was removed in the 1970s to 1980s.