Nos 15 And 17 With Front Boundary Wall

ST4717 STOKE SUB HAMDON CP NORTH STREET (West side) 6/333 Nos. 15 and 17 with front boundary wall - GV II Pair of estate cottages. Dated 1913, for the Duchy of Cornwall. Ham stone ashlar facade, cut and squared stone to sides and rear; Welsh slate roof with simple overhung gables; brick end and centre chimney stacks. Two storeys, 4 bays in all. Ovolo-mould mullioned windows in wave-mould recesses, 3-light above and 4-light below, all with horizontal-bar casement inserts; between bays 1/2 and 3/4 are chamfered cambered-arched doorways under plain fanlights; continuous label/string mould across ground floor openings; between bays 2/3 at high level a rectangular plaque with the Prince of Wales' feathers and date 1913 - these also appear on the rainwater stackheads. Ornamental gable vent in south wall. Interiors not seen. About 4 metres from houses an ashlar boundary wall with slight plinth and simple coping, shared plain opening in centre, no gates, adding to setting of houses and the streetscape. A well-detailed pair of houses designed to match the surrounding buildings, by contrast with the same estate's houses at Nos. 3-9 East Stoke (q.v).

Listing NGR: ST4739217746