7, Manor Road

This is a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with alterations and additions in the 20th century. The cottages are constructed of ironstone, with a thatched gabled roof. The south gable end has stone copings, while the north gable end has been replaced with cement. The building is one and a half storeys high, with a four-unit plan, a central stack, and stacks to the end gables.

The front of the cottages, facing Manor Road, has three window openings with modern wooden casement windows. A modern six-pane window has been inserted to the right of the door on the north side. The blocked opening for the original front door of the southern cottage is still visible between the first two windows. The front door of the northern cottage remains in use, with a modern door. An eyebrow dormer with a casement window is above the south end, and to the right of that, a fixed four-pane window remains within its original frame. A modern casement window has been added to the eyebrow dormer. The north gable end has been partly rebuilt in brick and rendered.

Inside, the central stack originally provided fireplaces for both cottages. In the northern cottage, a later fireplace has been added, although the original bressumer remains. The southern cottage retains its original open fireplace with bressumer, which has chamfered internal faces. Chamfered bridging beams have survived in both rooms served by the central stack. The southern room also has exposed floor joists with simple run-out chamfer stops. Other features in the southern cottage include a panelled window seat, a built-in cupboard, two and four-panelled doors with early 18th-century iron L-hinges and latches, and a winding wooden staircase that hugs the stack. The northern cottage likely had a similar staircase, which has not survived. A 19th-century pine plank partition divides the stairwell from the bedroom on the first floor, and two 18th-century two-panel doors are present with original fittings. Exposed portions of two roof trusses are visible in the upstairs bedrooms, and it is likely that the original roof structure remains beneath the thatch.