Nos 24 And 26 Church House Including Front Garden Wall

A pair of cottages, likely dating from the early 18th century, with some alterations in the early 19th century. The cottages are Nos 24 and 26 Church House, with No 26 now serving as Church House. They are constructed of roughcast walls and have a slate roof. Large roughcast chimneys, with tapered caps, are visible on the right gable end and along the party wall between the two cottages.

No 26 has a two-room plan, with the left-hand room notably larger. A single-flight staircase connects the rooms, opening directly from the front door. There is a long meeting room on the upper floor. No 24 is single-fronted. The cottages have a symmetrical appearance with six windows across the front; two at No 24 and four at No 26. The front doors have six-panelled lower sections and fanlights with four panes; they are sheltered by flat, moulded hoods supported on long, shaped brackets, with the hood at No 26 being significantly larger. The original door at No 24 has flush bottom panels, with glazed upper panels. The door at No 26 is a replacement from the late 20th century. Windows are box-framed with barred sashes; No 24 has 6 over 6 panes, while No 26 has 8 over 8 panes. The upper-storey windows at No 24 have moulded flush frames, while the others are plain, with those at No 26 slightly recessed. A coved moulded eaves-cornice runs along the top of the building. The rear wall has small-paned sashes.

The ground-floor rooms of No 26 feature panelled shutters. The left-hand room has a fireplace with a moulded cornice; the right-hand room is reported to have an older fireplace. The staircase has a wooden gallery balustrade with thin, square balusters and an oblong-section newel with a moulded top. At the head of the staircase is an old cupboard with a plank door and strap-hinges. The first-floor room also has a fireplace with a moulded cornice. The feet of the roof-trusses are boarded and exposed. Four-panelled doors are found throughout the house. No 24 was not inspected.

A low stone rubble garden wall with rendered chamfered coping and original railings runs along the front of the properties. Rendered piers topped with pyramidal caps mark the ends of the wall. To the right of the houses, fronting a side garden, the wall reaches a height of approximately 1.75 metres.