Fountain Cottages

SK 15 SW ILAM C.P. ILAM

8/100 Fountain Cottages - G.V. II

Pair of cottages. c1855. By George Gilbert Scott. Coursed and squared limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings; shaped and hung clay tiles to attic storey; shaped clay tile roofs with plain tile bands; ashlar ridge stacks. Vernacular revival and Swiss Chalet style; pair of semi-detached cottages with projecting porches to East and West and projecting wings to South East and South West. South Elevation: 1 storey and attic; 1:1:1:1:1 bays; central block with projecting gabled wings to right of centre and left of centre with shaped and painted barge boards and slightly lower projecting porches to outside facing East and West; casements; ground floor 3-light canted bays to right of centre and-left of centre with chamfered mullions and hipped roofs; 2 single light windows to centre with Caernarvon arch heads; ground floor single light window to left; 2-light attic window to gabled wing left ofcentre; central gabled dormer to centre with shaped and painted barge boards; both gabled wings have gabled dormers facing West; doorway to right with Caernarvon arch head. An essential part of the picturesque estate village created by Scott in the 1850's.

Listing NGR: SK1350750906