Wisteria Cottages

SX 8380 HENNOCK CHURCH ROAD (west side) Hennock 10/123 Nos. 1 and 2 Wisteria Cottages - (formerley listed as Nos 1 and 2 23.8.55 Sanders Cottages) GV II Pair of cottages. Early C19, with later additions. Solid rendered walls. C20 concrete-tiled roof (previously listed as thatched) with earlier overhanging eaves. 2 rendered chimney stacks on ridge, 1 on left-hand gable, the other on the party wall between the cottages. At the right-hand end the cottages seem to have been built up against the projecting stack in gable of No. 3. 1-room ground plan, No. 1 (which is relatively little altered) having its staircase against the rear wall. 2 storeys, with semi-basement; single-storey addition at rear of.No. 1. 2-window front, each cottage having its front door to the left of the ground-storey window. Each door has a flight of granite steps in front. No. 1 has its original plank door (with small inserted light) in a bead-moulded frame, while No. 2 has a C20 glazed door. Windows have 2-light wood casements with 6 panes per light, except for the second-storey window of No.1 which has 3 panes per light. The ground-storey window of No. 1 contains old glass. Semi-basement of No. 2 has a C20 window but at No. 1 the original small square opening survives, having a plank door (with small inserted window), on wrought-iron strap-hinges. Interior of No. 2 considerably altered; interior of No. 1, seen through windows, seems to have no features of great interest, although the simple staircase looks original. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX8303480974