| Description | A pair of early 20th century cottages, Listed Grade II*. Constructed of coursed rubble, and contemporary with Heathcote House (PRN 9765), a 3 storey, Grade II* Listed, Classical villa built in 1906 8 by E. Lutyens for Ernest Hemingway, a Bradford merchant. The cottages help to form part of the almost symmetrical frontage of main house onto the road, and abut the entrance walls.
There are a number of other contemporary buildings and architectural features associated with Heathcote House which are also Listed Grade II*. These include the courtyard and entrance walls to the north of the house, outbuildings, terrace (with steps and fountains) and two apses on the boundary walls either side of the main house (see PRNs 9766, 9768 – 9773 for further details).
(Text edited from English Heritage’s LBO description)
In January 2014 English Heritage visited Heathcote House (PRN 9765) in order to assess whether it should be upgraded to Grade I. At the same time English Heritage also wrote short updated descriptions about a number of the House’s associated outbuildings and garden features (many of which are listed in their own right). See PRNs 9766, 9768, 9769, 9771, 9772, 9773, 13541, 13542 for further details)
This pair of cottages fronts King's Road with a symmetrical north elevation. The long, rectangular block stands on the north east side of the main house and abuts the entrance wall. It is of two storeys in narrow, shaped and coursed rubblestone with ashlar dressings forming a plinth, quoins of banded rustication, and a moulded cornice. It has a hipped, pantile roof with two stone ridge stacks. In the centre of the elevation is a round headed tunnel entrance with banded rustication to the jambs and giant voussoirs, which leads to the entrance doorways in the south elevation. This is flanked by two square, first floor windows with plain ashlar surrounds. Towards the outer edges of the ground floor are small, paired, square windows with similar surrounds. The south elevation is also symmetrical. Each cottage has three first floor casement windows with the heads rising into the ashlar frieze band.
On the ground floor the cottage doors flank the central tunnel entrance, each with two adjacent casement windows, sharing a deep ashlar lintel. Towards the outer corners each cottage has a narrower doorway, now fully glazed, and an adjacent casement window under a single, deep ashlar lintel. The back yards are divided by a stone cross wall with a gateway to each side at the north end. In the south east corner of the right hand yard and south west corner of the left hand yard is a small, single storey, stone shed with a hipped, pantile roof.
The east boundary wall of the right hand yard is shaped with a deep, semi circular out cut. Interior not inspected.
(Text edited from English Heritage’s 2014 consultation report) |