Silvermines Cottage

Detached three-bay two-storey former mine manager's house, built c.1850, with two-storey return and single-storey gabled and lean-to extensions. Now in use as private house. Hipped slate roofs with rendered chimneystacks and cast-iron rainwater goods. Lined-and-ruled rendered walls with render quoins and render plinth. Square-headed two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows with stone sills. Round-headed doorway, having timber panelled door with panelled pilasters and fanlight. Sandstone rubble walls with square piers surmounted by carved lions.

Its slate roof and timber sash windows give this building a patina of age, enhancing its form and scale. Its site, near the Fair Green, and its distinctive roof-line make it a highly visible feature in the surrounding landscape. At one time the mine manager's house, it is one of a number of buildings in Silvermines and the surrounding area associated with the mines.