Description

BORASTON

SO67SW Nos.1 AND 2
582-1/5/1 Court Cottages
15/03/74

GV II

Pair of attached houses. C17 with C19 rear extensions. Painted
timber frame with painted render infill panels on stone rubble
plinth. Buff brick and red brick rear wings. Old plain-tile
roof. Projecting brick gable-end stacks. 2-window range to
front with twin gabled brick rear extensions, with No.1
occupying the left half and No.2 the right half.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. West front with square framing
5 panels high, with tension braces to right at sill level and
to left at girding-beam level, truss posts, studs with middle
rails. 2 3-light casements each floor with C20 replacement to
ground-floor right. To the left side of each house is a plain
doorway with projecting tiled canopy, with plain boarded door
to No.2 and C20 flush door to No.1.
Right return gable: square framing 4 panels high, with centre
covered by C20 brick projecting stack. Gable-end truss of tie
beam, collar, vertical struts. Attic- and first-floor
casements in gable. Single-purlin roof evident. Rear extension
side wall to right with 2-light casements with brick
segmental-arch lintels at each floor.
Left return gable: square framing partly covered by projecting
brick stack, gable-end truss of straight tie beam, vertical
struts to collar, girding beam, studs with middle rails. Rear
extension side wall to left as for opposite side.
Rear: twin gables each with 2-light casement at both floors
and rear doorways with C20 doors all with segmental-arch
lintels.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SO6148970105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663319

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version