Cottage, Main Street, Swinton

This early 19th century cottage, with later additions and alterations, is a single-storey, three-bay rectangular-plan structure that was originally two two-bay cottages. It forms the end of a terrace and has a lean-to addition at the rear. The exterior is constructed from heavily-pointed tooled sandstone rubble with droved sandstone dressings and painted margins. It features rubble quoins, droved long and short surrounds to openings, projecting cills, and rubble voussoir arches.

On the northwest elevation, which serves as the entrance, there are steps leading to a replacement timber door that is offset to the left of center. There is evidence of a blocked door to the right and single windows in the outer bays. The northeast elevation shows the original house with a single window in the outer right bay and another window in the lean-to addition on the outer left. The southeast elevation was not visible in 1998.

The cottage has 4-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows, along with a small flush rooflight. The roof is covered with grey slate and features raised stone skews and cast-iron rainwater goods. There are corniced brick apex stacks with circular cans. The interior was not seen in 1998.