Survey Data
Reg No
22809060
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Previous Name
The Cottage originally Rose Cottage
Original Use
House
In Use As
House
Date
1900 - 1910
Coordinates
204398, 98175
Date Recorded
25/06/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, c.1905, with single-bay single-storey advanced glazed porch to centre having single-bay single-storey gabled advanced box oriel window over, and single-bay two-storey recessed end bay to south-west. Renovated and refenestrated, pre-1999. Now in part use as offices. Pitched slate roofs (gabled to half-dormer attic windows and to box oriel window) with decorative red clay ridge tiles having terracotta finials to apexes, rendered chimney stacks, overhanging timber eaves (part jutting to gables to side elevations with decorative bargeboards), and replacement uPVC rainwater goods, pre-1999. Painted rendered walls to ground floor with moulded red brick course over having painted roughcast walls to first floor with red brick quoins to corners, red brick recessed panels to window openings in herring bone pattern, rendered detailing to box oriel window, rendered detailing to gables in ‘timber frame’ fashion, moulded red brick course, and moulded rendered cornice to eaves. Red brick Flemish bond section to gable to side (south-west) elevation on dentilated table. Square-headed window openings with stone sills to ground floor having rendered ‘voussoir panels’ over, moulded red brick sills to dormer attic windows, and timber sill and surround to box oriel window. Replacement uPVC casement windows, pre-1999. Pointed-arch window opening to first floor side (south-west) elevation with rendered brick sill, block-and-start surround having chamfered reveals, and original timber casement window. Square-headed openings to porch with timber panelled door, fixed-pane leaded sidelights, and overlight. Square-headed door opening to end bay with rendered ‘voussoir panel’ over, and timber panelled door. Set back from line of road with wrought iron railings to verge on unpainted rendered plinth with wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A visually-interesting middle-size house of characteristic Edwardian invention incorporating distinctive architectural features including a variety of profiles to the window openings, decorative timber joinery, and rendered and red brick dressings throughout. Well maintained, the house retains its original form and massing, together with much of the original fabric, although the inappropriate replacement fittings to most openings have not had a positive impact on the historic expression of the composition. The house forms a striking feature in the streetscape of West Street, while the early-surviving wrought iron railings emphasise the historic character of the site.