7 And 8, Westfield Cottages

A pair of semi-detached estate cottages dating to around 1900, likely designed by Romaine Walker for Mr. Robert Hudson of Danesfield. The lower storey is built of red brick in English bond, with a dentil string course above the doors, and battered buttresses flanking the front. The upper storey is rendered and colourwashed, and the roof is half-hipped with plain tiles. A central brick chimney has an off-set cap. The cottages are one storey and attic, with two bays. The ground floor features four-light wooden casements with leaded top-lights, chamfered and offset brick sills, and stop-chamfered wooden lintels. The attic has three-light wooden casements in gabled dormers with richly carved and cusped bargeboards. The board doors are located on the left and right, set within moulded brick surrounds and semi-circular brick arches. The arches are filled with painted terracotta tympana made from local Medmenham ware, illustrating the labours of the months July (hay-making) and August (gleaning), respectively for numbers 7 and 8. The doors retain their original brass handles and numbers. These cottages are part of a larger group of twelve.