Abbey Cottages

Abbey Cottages is a row of three houses that includes parts of the Abbey Precinct wall. The buildings date from the 16th century and from the 18th to 20th centuries. They are constructed from brick, some of which is painted, timber-frame, and stone, with tile roofs. The row is set gable-end to Gloucester Road.

No.1 features a 20th-century timber-framed gable over an early stone wall at the ground floor, but is primarily late 18th century and mid-19th century in style. It has two storeys with an attic and a three-windowed front. There are two small leaded hipped dormers above canted oriels with casements, flanking a central four-pane sash window with a cambered arch. At the ground floor, there are two flat-roofed extensions, and a central 19th-century part-glazed door surrounded by fluted pilasters. The gable end has a four-pane sash window above a canted oriel on a rendered corbel. The rear is built in brick with a tall three-storey hipped canted unit and a lower lean-to, featuring a large brick stack in the valley.

No.2 is lower than No.1 and has a painted brick front with 20th-century casements, arranged in two storeys and three bays, with light timber-framing. The back is later brick with a central part-glazed door.

No.2A mainly dates from the late 19th or early 20th century, featuring a timber-framed first floor over a brick ground floor, with a canted three-gable back. The entrance is at the east end, facing Abbey Barn, with an additional door to the south.

Inside, No.1 contains late 19th-century fittings, while No.2 has been significantly modified. These properties are of historical interest due to the remains of the Abbey Precinct wall, made of coursed sandstone, which runs through the site. The wall starts at the road end, where it forms part of the lower storey of No.1, and extends to approximately 2 meters high at the east end, with evidence of the respond to the outer end on the wall of Abbey Barn.