History

Probably mid-C19. Oroville House was probably a Public House known as the Bowling Green.

Exterior

Oroville House, Rosewood Cottage and Salop House form a group.

A terrace of 3 Picturesque cottages, the central one slightly set back. Each cottage is symmetrical, 2-storey, 3-window, with an advanced central bay. The cottages are roughcast under slate roofs with central brick ridge stacks; the upper storey on projecting brackets. The windows are mainly late C20 plain-glazed wooden casements.

Salop House has a single-storey porch bay to centre, with hipped roof supported on bracketed eaves, these continuing from outer bays. The porch contains a panelled door under a 4-pane overlight, in a wooden doorcase with plain pilasters and moulded cornice supported on brackets. Very small lights to sides of porch. The windows to outer bays are late C20 2-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars; there was formerly a blind central window with dripmould. No openings to N gable end; catslide to rear.

Interior

Interior not seen.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding alterations to openings, as an unusual group of mid-C19 Picturesque cottages retaining their character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29507894

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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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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)