1-9, Cookson Terrace

1-9 Cookson Terrace is a terrace of dwellings and a former hotel, dated 1858. Originally built as a hotel in the central section, with houses for railway employees of the Severn and Wye Railway, it was constructed from snecked sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. The terrace has eight very deep and narrow stacks and two smaller end stacks.

The design is formal, with the central two bays rising to three storeys plus basement, flanked on each side by six-bay sections at two storeys and basement plus two-bay units of the same height. The basements are accessed at the rear and facilitated by the fall in ground level. The end and central two gabled units project approximately 1.5 metres forward from the flanking six-windowed wings. First-floor windows in the wing sections are set within flush gablets, with all gables featuring verges brought forward on wooden brackets, and a straight gutter across the wings. There are a total of eighteen windows, all sash windows with horizontal bars, except for Nos 1 and 5, which have four-pane sashes on the first floor. The doorways are nine-plank doors with simple transom lights over, set within arches similar to the windows, and are sheltered by steep, pointed, slated gable porches on wooden brackets. The terrace was in excellent condition during a survey in August 1983 and is a striking architectural concept, serving as a significant reminder of Lydney's history.