Description

Mid 19th century. Single storey (later attic to No 34), 3-bay, pair of cottages. Coursed sandstone. Base course; eaves course; strip quoins; architraved, square-headed openings.

NW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central entrances; glazed timber doors; letterbox fanlights; flanking single windows. Tripartite canted dormer to right of No 34.

SW ELEVATION: gabled; window off-centre to left in gablehead

NE AND NW ELEVATIONS: not seen 1999.

Lying-pane glazing to No 34; replacement timber 12-pane timber sash and case windows to No 36. Slate roof; stone skews; gablehead and ridge stacks; circular and polygonal cans. Cast-iron rainwater goods.

INTERIORS: not seen 1999.

GATEPIERS, RAILINGS AND BOUNDARY WALL: square-plan painted pedestrian gatepiers; spear-headed iron railings divide property; low coped boundary wall; vehicular entrance to right of No 36.

Statement of Interest

Notable for the retention (in part) of lying-pane glazing, railings, gatepiers and boundary wall, making a prominent contribution to the local streetscape. Marked on Ordnance Survey map, 1858 as South Place. Similar pair of cottage to Nos 30 and 32 Midton Road (see separate list description).

Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)