Model Cottages

Nos 1-4 Model Cottages are a small terrace of estate workers' cottages built in a vernacular style in 1891. The cottages are two storeys high, featuring sandstone ashlar on the ground storeys and mock timber framing above, topped with red tile roofs. The terrace consists of five bays, with bays 1, 3, and 5 designed as gabled wings that project forward. Between the gables are verandahs with pentice tiled roofs, providing entrances to the four cottages at each end. Each verandah has two plain windows, while the gable ends feature a 3-light mullion and transom casement. The upper floor displays two panels with cross-bracing below the windows in the gables, alongside plain square framing with rendered panels. Each gable also has cross framed casements and a 3-light mullion and transom casement in a gabled dormer located between the gables. Most windows, apart from the ground floor window of No 4, are in keeping with the original style but appear to be modern replacements. The cottages have chimney stacks at either end, in the centre, and on the rear slope behind each dormer, all topped with tall clay pots. The rear elevation has not been seen. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey.