Shepherd Cottage And Cottage To The North

Shepherd Cottage and the cottage to the north are a pair of attached cottages built between 1920 and 1923, designed by Fred Rowntree for the Quaker Trust. These cottages were originally intended as workers' housing. They feature brick walls, tile roofs, and wooden windows, including both sashes and casements.

The cottages have a plan that includes a projecting bay at the north end, with entrances along the long elevation. The facade has a pitched roof that is hipped at the south end, covering the first floor and featuring a dormer. There is a central gabled bay with a window and a two-storey projecting gabled bay at the north end. Prominent chimneys are located at the roof ridge. The windows throughout are wood flush-framed, multi-paned sashes and casements, with brick headers made of vertically placed bricks at the gables.

Although the interior was not inspected, it is believed to be plain, reflecting their original use as workers' cottages. The cottages are situated on the main road leading into Jordans, near the lane entrance to the 1919 Village Green.

These cottages were part of the planned community of Jordans, designed as an ideal living space for Quakers, with construction beginning in 1919 based on Rowntree's designs from 1916. This terrace contributes to the group value of the historically significant Jordans village and represents a range of mostly unaltered and well-designed workers' housing.