Belle Vue

Belle Vue is a cottage built in 1848 by F. O'Connor for the National Co-operative Land Company, with later alterations. It features painted Monk bond brickwork, a stone plinth, and a slate roof. The cottage has a three-room front and is one room deep, with a single-storey leanto at the rear. The front openings have rendered reveals and flat, rubbed brick arches. The center of the cottage projects slightly and has a six-panel door, with the top four panels glazed and the bottom two flush, accessed by two steps. There is an eight-pane casement window on each side of the door. A plain brick string course runs along the foot of the gable, which has a quatrefoil stone vent and verge rafters on consoles at the foot. The wings have two-light 20th-century casements and double oversailing eaves. The gable chimneys are slightly corbelled out, with a third chimney located at the center rear. There is a leanto garage on the left return, which is not of special interest. The cottage was originally part of a two-acre holding and is listed mainly for its historical and sociological significance, as it forms a group with other Chartist cottages and a school opposite.