Description

MEDMENHAM WESTFIELD COTTAGES SU 78 SE 7/162 Nos. 7 and 8 (formerly listed under Nos. 1-12). 21.10.77 GV II Pair of semi-detached estate cottages. Circa 1900. Probably by Romaine Walker for Mr. Robert Hudson of Danesfield. Lower storey of red brick in English bond with dentil string arched over doors, and battered buttresses flanking front; upper storey rendered and colourwashed; half-hipped plain tile roof; central brick chimney with off-set cap. One storey and attic, 2 bays.Ground floor has 4-light barred wooden casements with leaded top-lights, chamfered and off-set brick sills, and stop-chamfered wooden lintels. Attic has 3-light barred wooden casements in gabled dormers with richly carved and cusped bargeboards. Board doors to left and right, with moulded brick surrounds and semi-circular brick arches over painted terracotta tympana of local Medmenham ware. Tympana illustrate the labours of the months July and August, No.7 showing hay-making, No.8 gleaning. Doors retain original brass handles and numbers. These 2 cottages are part of a set of 12.

Listing NGR: SU7980984540

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