The Highlands Hotel

The Highlands Hotel comprises a pair of semi-detached houses, likely built in the early 1880s, designed by WM Robbins of Ilfracombe. The houses are constructed of red brick with decorative bands of cream and blue brick, along with red terracotta and painted stone detailing. They have slated roofs, with tarred areas at No.11 and terracotta finials and perforated, crested ridge tiles on No.11. A 20th-century red brick chimney is located on the party wall and, at the rear of No.12, a red brick chimney with a cream coloured band is visible from the Back Way.

The houses are two storeys with garrets, and No.12 incorporates a semi-basement where the ground slopes downwards. They present similar, though not identical, facades in a Gothic style. No.11 features a square, three-light bay window within a gabled central projection, with a further pair of windows to the right and a recessed, two-storeyed entrance porch on the left. No.12 has a canted bay window to the left, under a half-hipped roof, a single window to the right, another on a splayed corner, and a three-storeyed recessed entrance porch. The semi-basement contains paired windows. Most windows have flat, moulded and carved lintels, with the ground-floor and third-floor windows, to the right of the bays, incorporating pointed relieving arches filled with patterned terracotta. The splayed corner features a similar terracotta panel between the ground and second-floor windows, and elaborately carved corbels are positioned under the eaves. All windows have plain sashes, except for a 20th-century casement in the dormer at No.12.

The eaves cornices and gable verges are heavily moulded brickwork. The gable of No.11 is designed to appear as a small gable rising from a half-hip, while at No.12 the half-hip projects and has a coved underside. No.11 includes a brick dormer gable with a hipped roof to the right of the main gable, with a gabled wooden dormer in a corresponding location at No.12. Each entrance porch is fronted by a single-storeyed wooden outer porch with elaborately shaped brackets and openwork detailing. A patterned, balustraded wooden railing tops the outer porch roof at No.12. No.11 has a four-panelled door, while No.12 has a later 20th-century panelled door, approached by a flight of cemented steps. A brick wall with chamfered coping runs along the right-hand side, with a square brick pier, featuring a chamfered base and moulded cap, at the foot. The side walls demonstrate good architectural quality, with detailing that complements the front elevations. The interiors were not inspected.