6 Primrosehill Farm Cottages, Primrosehill

Earlier to mid 19th century with later additions and alterations. Symmetrical U-plan range of cottages with 2-storey, 8-bay range to N; single storey, 3-bay blocks adjoined at right angles to E and W, enclosing courtyard to front. Harled N range with timber bargeboards to gabled upper windows; rendered mullions to bipartites; projecting cills. Squared and snecked, tooled cream sandstone rubble to E and W wings; tooled quoins; tooled long and short surrounds to openings; projecting cills. Slightly advanced, droved cream sandstone gabled entrances throughout (heavily weathered in part) with blind arrowslits centred in gableheads, bracketed skewputts. Single storey, rectangular-plan ancillary structure at rear.

N RANGE, S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 8-bay comprising 2 symmetrical 4-bay blocks with part-glazed, boarded timber doors in gabled entrances off-set to left (Nos. 5 & 7) and right (Nos. 6 & 8) of centre; bipartite windows at both floors in bays to outer left and right respectively (gabled upper windows breaking eaves). Square-headed pend openings in single storey corner bays linking single storey blocks to front. N (REAR) ELEVATION: single storey, 2- and 4-bay lean to projections with regularly spaced single and bipartite windows; boarded timber doors in re-entrant angles. Single windows at both floors in remaining bays (gabled upper windows breaking eaves). Square-headed pend openings in bays to outer right and left respectively.

W RANGE, E (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gabled entrance breaking eaves at centre with boarded timber door at ground; single windows in flanking bays. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: blind arrowslit opening centred in apex.

E RANGE, W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: as above. S (SIDE) ELEVATION: as above. Lean-to garage addition recessed to right.

Predominantly 4-pane upper, 2-pane lower glazing in timber sash and case front windows to N range; plate glass timber sash and case rear windows; small rooflights; 12-pane, lying-pane glazing in timber sash and case windows to E and W wings. Grey slate roofs; stone coped skews; bracketed skewputts. Coped red brick ridge and apex stacks; various circular cans.

INTERIORS: not seen 1998.

ANCILLARY STRUCTURE: rubble with tooled rubble dressings. Regularly spaced square-headed doorways; continuous grey slate roof. Squared coping to tooled rubble walls forming individual enclosures to front; most gates missing.