ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION - The Cottages in Sandfield Road

Nos 1 - 5; built before 1818; as three, demolished 1950s. Photos?

Nos 6 & 7: Pair of brick cottages built 1835-40; 2-storey; (now whitened) lowish pitched slate roof with square stone lead-lined gutter; low segmental brick arched windows now have casements wider than original openings; round arched doorways with blind fanlights (c.f. York Cottages.)

Nos 8 & 9: 'Pair' - but see toothing of brickwork at left; built 1835-40; 2-storey; mellow clamp-burnt hand made local bricks (in Flemish bond); slate roof of steeper pitch than neighbours, with plain square gable coping stones, square stone gutters; stone lintels and sills but modern windows, (c.f. Stable Block)

Adjacent No.8: see pair monolithic gatepiers, c.f. Browside.

Nos 10 - 13: Row of 4; built 1860-67 ?; 2-storey; mellow local brick but rather more pink than earlier examples, traces of 'tuck pointing' on Nos 10 & 12, headers noticeably pale, gauged arches over doors; slate roofs with 'ogee' cast iron gutter; windows have stone lintels and sills & is sash with centre glazing bar original ? No original doors.

Nos 28, 29 & 30: 28 & 29 a pair, with centre passage; 30 is separate, 28 & 29 built 1853 - when was 30 built ? All 2-storey; mellow local brick - 28 & 29 have 50 courses of brick, 30 has 45 courses only, so its bricks are slightly larger; all have low pitched slate roofs, 30 is separate with stone coping over joint. Note width of gable of 30, designed as balanced composition, asymmetrical roof, all blind windows do not correspond with rooms, so this is not Window Tax avoidance (repealed 1851). Stone gutter along combined frontages is nicely worked frieze & cornice lined with lead, note scholarly return of moulding at end of 28 which, with plan form of 30 at the back, confirms that the block was designed as a single unit. Front windows of 30 are 4-panes wide, of 28 & 29 only 3-panes wide; note: delicacy of glazing bars.

Nos 16 & 17: Pair (centre passage); built 1861-65 ?; 2-storey, mellow local brick with gauged arches to 3 doorways; slate roof, wooden fascia with 'ogee' gutter; note original passage door with long panels (c.f. High Street).

No.15: Built as single cottage; 1861-5; very much altered.

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