4, 5 AND 6

Nos. 4, 5, and 6 in Newton St Cyres are a house that has been subdivided and enlarged to create three cottages and a shop. The building has origins from the late 17th century to early 18th century and has undergone significant alterations. It features plastered cob on rubble footings, with 19th and 20th-century brick rebuilds. The structure includes volcanic stone, brick, and cob stacks, topped with a thatched roof. It is a two-storey L-shaped building, with a main block that is two rooms deep along the street and attic rooms in the roof space. The roof of the lower rear block, which is No. 4, extends to the front gable.

The front of the building has four windows, with each house having one room facing the street. No. 4 is accessed from the left side, while Nos. 5 and 6 are entered through double doors in the center of the main block. The latter two have a relatively symmetrical three-window front, featuring outer tri-partite sashes with glazing bars, and a bowed shop window from around 1960 for No. 6. Above the doors, there is a 12-pane sash window and a dormer with a four-light casement that has a flat-arched center and side-lights, preserving lattice-pattern leaded lights. The gable of No. 4 has a smaller tri-partite sash above an 8-pane sash window. The right-hand side wall has been completely rebuilt in brick around 1960 and features two stacks and a half-hipped gable. No. 5 has an axial stone stack, while No. 6 has a large kitchen stack, possibly made of cob, on the side. The interior has been largely modernized but may still contain hidden early features, and the layout may have originated from a three-room and through passage plan.