Hen Knowe Cottages, Logan

Hen Knowe Cottages in Logan date back to the earlier 19th century, with some later alterations. The building features a tower flanked by a pair of two-storey houses, each with a first floor that breaks the eaves, and both houses have three bays.

The tower has a square plan and is constructed of rubble, which is painted on the south elevation. It is two stages high, with the upper stage added in brick, showcasing banded brickwork that alternates four courses of stretchers with one course of headers.

On the south elevation, there is a rubble forestair leading to a door at the first floor on the left, with a doorway set into the forestair at ground level. There is a small window opening on both floors to the right. The houses are adjoined and advance to the left and right of the tower.

The north elevation features a recessed round-arched panel at the center that spans both stages, with a blind tripartite motif at ground level and a blind Serliana motif at the first floor. The east and west elevations show the houses adjoined to the second stage, with square ventilation holes at the eaves on all sides. The roof is covered with grey slates in a pyramidal shape, featuring overhanging eaves and brick ventilator stacks that rise through the roof on the east and west sides.

The houses are made of painted rubble, with painted projecting cills and painted brick margins. The south (entrance) elevation shows No 1 to the right, with each house having a centrally located door and windows in the outer bays on both floors. The first-floor windows have gabled dormerheads, with No 1 having a broad dormer and No 2 featuring overhanging eaves. There is a wall adjoining to the right of No 1.

On the east elevation of No 1, there is a painted rubble lean-to outhouse attached at the center. The west elevation of No 2 has a painted brick lean-to addition. The north elevation shows No 1 to the left with a later lean-to addition, and No 2 to the right with two windows.

Both houses feature sash and case windows, with No 1 having 12-pane glazing and No 2 having 8-pane horizontal glazing. No 1 has coped skews, while No 2 does not. There are painted brick gablehead stacks on both the east and west sides. No 1 is covered with purple slates, while No 2 has grey slates.

Additionally, there are a pair of painted rubble conical-capped circular piers, with one pier adjoined to the right of No 1 to the south by a short section of painted rubble wall.