Deerlands, Coombe Cottage and Guide Cottage

A range of three cottages, dating from approximately 1830 to 1840, likely designed by Paxton and Robertson as part of the picturesque model village for the Sixth Duke of Devonshire. The cottages are constructed of coursed squared sandstone and ashlar, with some areas cement rendered. Roofing materials include stone slate, fishscale tile, and Welsh slate, with hipped and gabled forms, stone copings, and moulded kneelers. There are several substantial chimneys; one gabled chimney with paired diamond plan shafts, a ridge stack with paired octagonal shafts, and two plain ridge stacks.

The buildings present an irregular plan and a complex road elevation. A tall gabled bay features a two-light casement window on the ground floor, set within a chamfered surround with a returned hoodmould and a deeply projecting sill supported by five brackets. An oriel window sits above, heavily moulded beneath, with Gothic glazing to the ground and first floors. A window above the oriel consists of three lancets. The return wall to the left has casement windows to each floor, also with chamfered surrounds, bracketed sills and returned hoodmoulds. A doorway has a moulded ashlar surround and returned hoodmould, leading to a Gothic panelled door. Further along is a large two-light casement with an ashlar surround and bracketed sill, and then a smaller two-light casement with a smaller casement above, set within a gabled half dormer adorned with decorative bargeboards. Another doorway features a bead moulded surround and a half-glazed Gothic panelled door, topped with a gabled hood featuring decorative pierced work.

"Deerlands," attached to the southwest, has a three-bay elevation with stepped planes and varying heights. The first bay has a two-light casement in a plain ashlar surround. A projecting bay to the right has a two-light casement to the ground floor and a single light above. Further projecting bays have a first-floor band, a square porch featuring a panelled door in a plain surround, and two single-light windows above in ashlar surrounds.