1 And 2, Higher Street

ST4615 NORTON SUB HAMDON CP HIGHER STREET (East side) 9/216 Nos 1 and 2 (formerly listed as 2 cottages 20 yds W. of Court Farmhouse) 19.4.61 GV II Pair cottages. Probably early C19. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings, and ashlar north elevation to No. 1; Welsh slate roofs between stepped coped gables; stone and brick chimney stacks. Two-storeys with attics; ridges of roofs at right angles to road giving 2 single-bay gables to Higher Street. Both cottages have a 16-pane sash window in plain opening to right of ground floor, with doorways in deep plain recesses to left; to first floors and attic of No. 2, plain mullioned windows with slight chamfers, that to first floor of No. 2 is 3-light, the others 2-light; small casement to attic of No. 1. The north elevation to No. 1 has band course between floors, and pairs of 2-light small-pane casements at each level, in slightly segmental-arched openings, C20 extensions to south of No. 2. Interiors not seen.

Listing NGR: ST4686415910