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The Herd Cottage

worker's house
The Herd Cottage
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Detached three-bay single-storey worker's house, built c.1870. Hipped slate roof with red brick chimneystacks and carved timber eaves dentils. Rendered walls with red brick quoins and eaves course. Timber sash windows with stone sills set in segmental-arched openings. Red brick dressings to door opening. Stone outbuilding to rear. Cast-iron gate with cast-iron gate piers set in rubble stone boundary walls.
The modest form of this house is enhanced by architectural details, such as the brick dressings and carved timber eaves dentils. It retains many original features and materials. The stone outbuilding and entrance gate to the site enhance the setting of this house.

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Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit