Gibralter Cottages

Gibraltar Cottages is a row of five cottages, likely built in the 17th century, with later modifications, particularly to the windows. Cottages 1 and 2 are made of limewashed cob, while the others are constructed from rubble, limewashed only on the front, and all have thatched roofs. The row consists of two or more builds and features a cross-gabled wing that projects forward at the left end, with cottages 1 and 2 set at a slight angle to the rest. The backs of the cottages reveal their early origins, including three large external eaves stacks. Most of the cottages are two storeys high, but cottages 4 and 5 have an attic.

Cottages 1 and 2 each have four windows, with two on the ground floor that are believed to be 17th or 18th century cross-mullioned and leaded windows, while the others are from the 20th century. There is a door on the return elevation and another under a flat hood supported by consoles, centered on the three right-end windows. Cottage 3 has two windows, with the upper ones featuring eyebrow arches, and all are later wood casements, along with a plain central door. Cottage 4 includes a small attic window with four panes and has two windows per floor that are 20th century steel casements. It has two doors, one plain and one half-glazed. Cottage 5 has a half-hipped gable and is one-windowed, featuring a three-light window under two two-light wood casements with glazing bars, and to the left, there is a glazed door within a 20th century glazed porch. The right return of this cottage has pigeon openings and a central stone and brick stack. Cottages 4 and 5 have been re-windowed at the rear. Overall, this is a modest row of cottages that retains considerable early fabric and dominant forms, especially at the back, and is situated in an important townscape location.