17-21, TETBURY STREET

A row of three cottages dating from the 18th century, with some 19th-century alterations, stands on the north side of Tetbury Street in Minchinhampton. The cottages are constructed from squared and coursed limestone with limestone dressings, and have Cotswold stone slate roofs with ashlar stacks. The cottages form a row fronting the street, with each having a different two-story wing to the rear.

Each cottage is two stories and has an attic, with a single bay width. Each has a ground-floor door in a flush surround, and a two-light window with a stone mullion and flush surround. A similar window appears on the first floor of each unit, and each has a gabled dormer housing a two-light casement.

The rear wing of No. 21 is two stories and gabled, constructed from coursed limestone rubble with brick quoins, and features timber casement windows. Its roof is covered in plain concrete tiles. No. 19 has a shorter wing with a pitched roof, creating a double pile. This wing is rendered and has timber casement windows, with a roof covered in reconstituted stone slates. The rear wing of No. 17 is two stories and has a flat roof.

The interior has not been inspected.

Minchinhampton developed as a medieval settlement, expanding during the 17th and 18th centuries. Land near Tetbury Street had a growing number of tenements built upon it between 1635 and 1707. Many earlier houses were rebuilt in the 18th century. Nos. 17 to 21 Tetbury Street may have evolved from outbuildings, possibly associated with the adjacent house at No. 23, and are stylistically dated to the 18th century. The footprint of all three units remains consistent throughout Ordnance Survey map series from 1885 to 1923.

These cottages are designated at Grade II for their architectural interest as well-preserved examples of 18th-century town cottages with minimal alteration, and for their group value alongside the adjacent house at No. 23 Tetbury Street and other listed buildings along Tetbury Street.