1820 Cottage Spire And Hillside Cottage And Railings To Hillside Cottage

This listing describes a row of three houses, possibly built in the late 18th century, with a rain-water head dated 1820. The buildings are constructed from deeply-coursed punched sandstone with ashlar dressings, and limestone is used for the side and rear. They feature a Welsh slate roof.

The row stands three storeys high, with one window in each house on every floor. The design includes an ashlar plinth and large quoins, along with raised surrounds and projecting stone sills. The house on the left, known as 1820 Cottage, has a door with six flush panels (the upper two are glazed) positioned to the right of 8/8 sash windows on the ground and first floors, and a 4/8 sash window on the second floor. The central house, called Spire, mirrors the design of 1820 Cottage but is arranged in the opposite direction. Hillside Cottage, on the right, follows the same layout as Spire but has been altered; it features a part-glazed door accessed by stone steps leading to a stone landing with an iron handrail, above a boarded cellar door, and a rectangular shop window on the ground floor right, with 20th-century casements above.

The row is topped with an eaves band and a moulded cornice. Between 1820 Cottage and Spire, there is a decorative downpipe with a hopper marked 'G H 1820'. The buildings have blue brick end stacks and a stack at the front of the ridge between Spire and Hillside Cottage. The interior has not been inspected.