Numbers 1-4 Including Area Railing And Gates On North And South And West Sides

Numbers 1-4 form a detached terrace of four houses located immediately south of Heathcoat's factory, across from a leat in Tiverton. They were likely built in the early to mid-19th century, before 1841. The houses are constructed of solid, rendered walls with slated roofs, the central roof being hipped. The main range features red brick chimneys on the party and end walls. The chimney at the west end comprises three free-standing shafts linked at the top, while the east end chimney is square with recessed panels on each side, creating a similar effect. All chimneys have caps with projecting brick courses forming entablatures and are topped with uniform six-sided pots, with some louvred pots between houses 1&2 and 2&3. Rear closet wings at numbers 1-3 have irregular red brick chimneys.

The houses are three storeys high, with single-storey closet wings to the rear. They have two-window fronts, with doorways to the right of the ground floors. The front features 20th-century flush wooden doors with older cast-iron knockers, and original fanlights with radial glazing bars on numbers 1-3. Sash windows are fitted, with eight panes on the ground and third floors and six panes on the second floor. A moulded board runs below the eaves, extending around the blank west wall. The rear wall, visible from Leat Street and the factory forecourt, is similar to the front, but the windows have segmental heads and eight panes. Smaller four-paned windows are located between numbers 3 and 4 on the second and third floors.

The terrace is documented in an 1844 estate atlas and was fully occupied in 1841; tenants included an overseer, a machinist, an iron founder, and a man of independent means. They were assessed as Heathcoat property in the 1836 borough rate book. Area railing, constructed of cast iron with fleur-de-lys finials to the uprights, runs along Leat Street and at the back gardens, with matching gates at the north end of the Leat Street railing. A similar railing extends along the west side of the road into the factory. The wooden glazing bars in the windows and fanlights are an important part of the overall design. It is noted that Heathcoat may not have built the terrace himself, owing to the absence of cast-iron window sills characteristic of his other properties.