5 And 7, North Street

A pair of cottages, originally a farmhouse, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier, and divided into two cottages probably in the 19th century, with outshuts added at that time. The building has rendered rubble walls and a gable-ended slate roof. There are two large rendered rubble stacks: one to the left-hand gable end and one axial stack to the right of centre. A small brick flue is located at the rear of the right-hand end and to the outshuts.

The original layout was of three rooms and a through passage. The axial hall stack probably backed onto the passage, with the inner room heated by the gable end stack and the lower room unheated. A newel staircase was likely positioned to the side of the hall stack at the front. The cottages were divided in the 19th century, when an outshut was added to the front of each, at either end. The facade is asymmetrical with a two-window arrangement, and a window also to each outshut at the ends. The windows are mostly circa late 19th century, with three-light casements and glazing bars, except for the ground floor centre window which is two-light. There is a 19th-century panelled door to number 5, left of centre, and a 20th-century plank door to number 7, right of centre. A 20th-century part-glazed door is located to the right of the window in the left-hand outshut. A shallow rectangular projection, likely for the staircase, is centrally positioned and has a small single light on the front wall. At the rear, a two-storey outbuilding wing extends behind the lower end. A mounting block sits against the side of the left-hand outshut. Interior access was not possible during the survey, but it is likely to be relatively unaltered by 20th-century modernisation and may contain 17th or earlier features, possibly concealed. The original roof structure may also survive.