Three Willows And Sunny Side Bank Cottages

A pair of cottages, dated to the mid-19th century, forming part of a row in Branscombe. The cottages are constructed of plastered stone rubble with stone rubble stacks, topped with 19th and 20th-century brick, and have slate roofs. They are built across a hillslope, with the rear terraced into the ground. Each cottage has a 2-room plan with a central entrance hall and staircase between the rooms. They have outer end gable-end stacks at the right (east) end and axial stacks in the party walls serving back-to-back fireplaces. Number 1 is the right-hand cottage, and Number 2 is the left-hand one. They form part of a terrace of four similar houses and are believed to be the later pair, as evidenced by the straight join in the chimneyshaft between Nos. 2 and 3. The stuccoed front of Number 1 has a quoin strip on the right end, and features an original 2-storey woodshed/store, with upper-floor access from the terrace. Both cottages are two storeys high and have symmetrical 3-window fronts with original casement windows containing glazing bars. Both have central doorways with original part-glazed 6-panel doors. However, the fronts are not identical; Number 2 has a blind first-floor central window and its ground-floor windows have pointed arch heads. The roof is gable-ended to the right and continues over Number 3. The woodshed/store is also gable-ended. The interior carpentry detail is plastered over, but the rooms retain original joinery and other original features.