Howbeck Cottages

Howbeck Cottages, originally the Friends' Meeting House, dates back to 1729 and was converted into cottages in 1934. The building features painted rendered walls, partly resting on projecting plinth stones, and a Welsh slate roof with lower courses of greenslate and graduated greenslate at the rear. It has rendered chimney stacks. The structure is single-storey with five bays, including a single-bay extension to the right, which creates two two-bay cottages and a central single-bay cottage. The current front wall, which was originally blank, now includes three 20th-century doorways and sash windows. The rear of the building has sash windows with glazing bars set in original painted stone surrounds. A lean-to extension to the left of No. 3 is not of interest. For further information, refer to David Butler's "Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties," published in 1978, where it is referred to as Gillfoot Meeting House.