Nos 40 And 41 (Hill Cottage) Including Forecourt Retaining Wall

Nos 40 and 41, known as Hill Cottage, is a cottage that likely dates from the mid-19th century. The building is rendered and whitewashed, featuring a nipped slate roof with a clay ridge. It has a ridge stack on the left and two stacks at the rear with brick shafts on projecting rubble chimney breasts. The plan consists of a single room depth with a central entrance hall and flanking rooms.

The main facade is two storeys high, with a layout of one window on the left and three windows to the right. On the first floor, there is a 6-pane sash window to the extreme left, while the ground floor has two 16-pane sash windows with exposed sash boxes and three multi-paned C19 2-light casements. The central door opening is flanked by three windows and features a plank door with a gabled hood. There is an additional door opening to the extreme left, which is also a C19 plank door with a slated hood. The left corner of the building is canted.

The left return has a projecting 6-pane C19 shop window with a hipped slate roof. The right return has a slated whitewashed rubble lean-to, which includes a 2-light casement with glazing bars on the ground floor and a 4-light casement with lapped panes on the first floor. There is a plank doorway with a flight of rubble steps leading up, and an ornamental lamp on a scrolly bracket. The forecourt of the cottage features a pitched stone pavement and a high rubble retaining wall.