Estate Cottages At Splatts Barn

The Estate Cottages at Splatts Barn are a pair of unoccupied estate cottages dating from the late 18th century, built for Matthew Hale. They are constructed of rendered rubblestone with ashlar dressings and feature a graduated stone slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high and consist of three bays, designed in a Gothic style.

The south elevation is symmetrical, with quoins and a central projecting bay that has two square window openings on each floor. The outer bays each have a board door and a former window opening that has been converted into a doorway, along with one window opening on the first floor. All openings are topped with wooden lintels. The roof is hipped, with truncated stacks at both ends and at the centre of the ridge.

On the rear elevation, there are broad, decayed end pilasters that may have originally featured embattled parapets. Each pilaster has a blind looped slit at the base and a blind circular vent at the top. The centre features two pilasters that rise into an arch, which is mostly collapsed, with a blind looped cross-slit at the upper level. The outer bays have doorways on the outer sides and a vertical looped slit on the first floor, with the slit being open at the top.

Inside, the layout has been altered by later uses, but the original plan is still evident, consisting of two ground-floor rooms in each cottage. Both rooms are heated, and each cottage has a wooden window stair. The rear elevation was intended to serve as an "eye-catcher" on the estate. At the time of inspection in September 1988, the cottages were in a state of dereliction.