| Description | These two houses were originally built as a single house. No.2 is also known as Cheadle Cottage. The Cottages date to the late 17th century, with 20th century alterations. They are built of coursed stone and have concrete tile roofs. They are long and low, two storeys high and five windows wide. There is a continuous moulded string course rising over the large lintel of a moulded doorway, which now has a modern door, with another doorway to the right. The Cottages have modern casements, a tall moulded end stack to the left, and a rebuilt stack to the centre.
The interior of No.2 has a wide 17th century fireplace with chamfered voussoirs, which is against the dividing wall with No. 1. It was probably originally a back to back fireplace, with the main doorway (now No. 1) opening into the kitchen, and the surviving fireplace being in a heated parlour. The upper floor retains a 17th century plaster frieze that is decorated with mythological figures, and has a moulded cornice below. The original 17th century roof trusses with a king post and curved side braces are also present.
There are two finials dated 1663 that are now garden ornaments. The scar of a porch over No. 1 suggests that it was secondary but earlier. List descriptions refer to a 17th century porch with gable coping and two good finials (English Heritage, 1963). |