Bridge Cottages And Adjacent Shop (Hodge The Baker)

Bridge Cottages and the adjacent shop, known as Hodge The Baker, is a house and shop with a dwelling that dates from the mid-19th century or earlier. It is constructed of cob or possibly brick, with block plastering, and has a rubble masonry range at the rear. The building features gabled-end slate roofs and has a single-depth plan with rear extensions. There is an axial stack that is pebbledashed.

The building stands two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of windows on the front, which has a slightly curved shape. On the first floor, there are three hornless sash windows, each with four panes above and eight below. The ground floor includes an Edwardian shop window with plate glass, a porch, and a central entrance that is depressed and features a moulded cornice displaying the name of the shop. To the right of the entrance is a round-headed doorway leading to the dwelling, which has panelled reveals and soffit, along with a half-glazed door topped by a semi-circular fanlight.

No. 1 Bridge Cottage was also once a shop; the cornice remains, but the original shop window beneath is now blocked, except for a 20th-century hornless sash window with two lights on the left-hand elevation. The rear extensions mostly have 20th-century casement windows, although two 16-pane hornless sash windows are still present.