Description

Dated 1873. Pair of single storey with attic, 2-bay cottages forming symmetrical 4-bay block. Red brick with painted polychrome detailing. Painted quoins; long and short surrounds to slight segmental-arched openings; raised eaves course; timber bargeboards; projecting cills. Single storey, rectangular-plan red brick outbuilding at rear.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: gabled, dated entrance porches in bays to outer left and right; boarded timber doors set within; 4-pane fanlights. Bipartite windows at ground in 2 central bays; ball-finialed gables to bipartite dormers aligned above.

8-pane timber sash and case glazing. Graded grey slate roof; polychrome apex stacks to E and W; square can to E; circular cans to W.

INTERIORS: not seen 1996.

OUTBUILDING: boarded timber openings in 3 bays to left of centre; single windows in remaining bays to right. 6-pane casement glazing. Graded grey slate roof.

Statement of Interest

A picturesque pair of cottages with some unusual polychrome detailing. The bricks used in the construction of both this and the nearby Brick Cottage and Roselea (see separate list entry), came from the Kingarth tile works, now demolished. The house associated with the tile works remains and is listed separately (see The Tileries, Kingarth). Despite their picturesque appeal, the bricks were found to be too porous for extensive use, leaving this, Brick Cottage and Roselea as the few examples of their type in the area.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77770640

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)