The Terrace

A terrace of five houses built around 1840, with later 19th-century additions. The construction is of stone rubble, rendered at the front, with slate hanging on the left (west) end. The slate roof has gabled ends; the section over number 1 is coated with bitumen. Rendered spiral stacks are present, some with lowered yellow clay pots.

The houses are based on a double-depth plan. Numbers 1 and 2 are larger and each have two principal rooms at the front, a central entrance passage, and service rooms at the rear, including a kitchen to the right, a scullery to the left, and a staircase. The smaller houses, numbers 3, 4, and 5, have one principal room at the front, with entrances to the left and right, and service rooms at the rear. It's believed the internal arrangement of number 1 has been altered; the interiors of numbers 3, 4, and 5 were not inspected. Small outshuts are located at the rear, and there’s an outshut at the right (east) end, originally including a loft and three privies.

The south front has a 2:2:3 window arrangement, with pilasters between the bays and a string course at first-floor level. The windows are generally 12-pane sashes, though the ground-floor windows of numbers 3, 4, and 5 have been replaced with plate glass windows with top lights but retain their original openings. Numbers 1 and 2 have round-headed doorways and verandas; only the left-hand end of number 1's verandah retains its original wooden latticework. The doorways of numbers 3, 4, and 5 have 20th-century doors. There are two small gabled dormers on the left. At the east end is an outshut with a sash window at the front and three round-arch doorways on the side, above which is a 19th-century 2-light casement window with glazing bars and lapped panes. Various 19th and 20th-century casement windows and outshuts are found at the rear.

Number 2 retains much of its original joinery, including panelled doors, cupboards, and window shutters; reeded pilasters feature in the round arch of the hall, and original fireplaces are present in the front rooms, as well as in the kitchen. The kitchen fireplace has a 19th-century range, although the staircase balustrade has been removed. The interior of number 1 is said to have been altered. The houses are reputed to have been built by John and Mary Carne of Combe.