Nos 17, 18, 19, 20 And Church View Cottage Including Front Railings

A row of five cottages, originally six, dating to circa 1877 and built for the Honourable Mark George Kerr Rolle. The cottages are constructed of local stone rubble laid in rough courses, with stone stacks topped with 19th-century and 20th-century brick, and have slate roofs. The cottages face east towards the churchyard opposite and are numbered 17 to Church View Cottage from left to right. They have varying internal plans, ranging from one-room to three-room layouts, each heated by a series of axial and gable-end stacks. Church View Cottage, at the right end, was formed by combining a one-room and a two-room cottage.

Externally, the cottages present a regular eleven-window front with late 19th-century replacement casement windows with glazing bars. The three ground floor windows on the left (Nos. 17 and 18) have flat stone arches above. Other windows have 20th-century concrete lintels. The two-window section at the right end (Church View Cottage) features low segmental arches constructed of grey ashlar voussoirs. The front doorways have a variety of doors, some of which are original plank doors. Each cottage has a gabled porch with a Tudor arch-headed outer arch in the plank gable, trellis sides, and brick sleeper walls. These porches are topped with finials and pendants, and most have survived in varying degrees. The interiors were not inspected.

A narrow strip of ground along the front is enclosed by original cast iron railings featuring plain railings and bulbous standards with fleur-de-lys finials, along with original gates of a similar style. These cottages form a part of the Rolle estate village, which was remodelled shortly after Stevenstone Court (now ruined) was rebuilt in 1872-73.