Cottage, Home Farm, Arniston House

Later 18th century. Single storey and attic, 15 bay asymmetrical row of 5 cottages; walls heightened, timber porches, and roofs with dormers added in late 19th century. Random sandstone rubble with droved dressings. Chamfered reveals to doorways; boarded timber doors with gabled timber porch canopies with king post detail breaking eaves; timber gabled 4 pane dormers with simple bargeboarding and carved timber finials; overhanging eaves.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION:

NO 1: symmetrical, 3 bay; doorway to centre; windows to flanking bays; 2 attic dormers above windows; rooflight to centre.

NO 2: asymmetrical, 3 bay; window to centre and left bays with attic dormers above; doorway to right bay flaked bay small 2 pane window to left; rooflight above.

NO 3: asymmetrical, 4 bay; doorway in penultimate bay to left, flanked by 2 pane window to left; window in penultimate bay to right; single pane window to outer right; window to outer left with dormer above; dormer above doorway; rooflight to outer right.

NO 4: asymmetrical, 2 bay; doorway to left flanked by 2 pane window to right; window to right with dormer above; rooflight above doorway.

NO 5: asymmetrical, 3 bay; window to centre; doorway to right, flanked by 2 pane window to left; blank left bay advanced; dormer to centre; rooflight right.

E ELEVATION: blank gabled bay.

N ELEVATION: asymmetrical; irregular fenestration; 5 irregularly placed rooflights; dormer to outer right.

W ELEVATION: asymmetrical, 2 bay; wide doorway with timber lintel and relieving arch to right flanked by narrow vertical opening; vertical opening to left.

Predominantly 12 pane timber sash and case windows to S elevation; predominantly 4 pane timber sash and case windows to N elevation; casement windows to dormers. Graded grey slate roof with lead ridge; tooled, coped gablehead and ridge stacks with circular cans. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: few original features; much altered internal arrangements (not reflecting external division by ridge stacks).