Description

SX 39 NE
2/9

ASHWATER
Railway Cottages Nos 1-6 (consec)

II

Row of 6 cottages. Late C19. Probably brick, slate-hung to the front with a slate
roof gabled at ends with deep eaves and chamfered timber eaves brackets. 6 chimneys
on ridge with slate-hung shafts, each with a single-room on either side of entrance
in a single-depth ranges. 2 storeys. Long symmetrical 16-window front with
chamfered timber eaves brackets. Narrow front doors with integral rectangular
fanlights and slate-hung reveals under slated porch canopies carried on timber
brackets. 1-, 2- and 3-light casements, 2 panes per light, with slate-hung reveals
and bullnose brick sills. Nos 3-6 inclusive retain their original fenestration and
front doors, no. 2 has original glazing to the first floor only and a replaced front
door, no. 1 has C20 glazing and a C20 front door.
Interior not inspected.
The cottages were probably associated with Dunsland Cross railway station on the
Halwill to Bude line, opened 1879.

Listing NGR: SS4046702800

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398628

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