The Nest and Front Boundary Wall

The Nest is a house located on Higher Street, built in the late 18th century and modified and extended in the 19th century. It features a facade of ham stone ashlar, with cut and squared stone elsewhere, and likely has a Welsh slate roof of shallow pitch that is hidden behind a parapet. The building has two storeys and consists of four bays, with the first bay being of a different construction. Architectural details include a plinth, eaves, a cornice, and a plain shallow parapet with thin coping. The windows are composite sashes with 4+8+4 panes, where the bottom glazing bars have been removed from the upper windows and the lower first bay. The lower second and fourth bays have 12-pane sash windows set in keystoned architraves. The lower third bay features a six-panel door within an architrave, accessed by six steps and sheltered by an open timber porch with a metal bell-hip roof. The interior has not been seen. Approximately 3 meters north of the house, there is a front boundary wall made of ashlar on a rubble base, which has a plinth and thin coping, upsweeping at the ends and averaging 1.5 meters high, without a central gate. This wall contributes to the setting of the house and enhances the streetscape.