Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0108
Description
Brown brick terrace of six cottages, with red brick dressings and a clay tile roof. Two storey with attic; a matching dormer window has been inserted into the front roof slope of each property. The terrace is set at right angles to the road, at the western end of Ladies Mile Road; a drove road which became popular as a horse-riding route in the late 19th century. The properties themselves are of late 19th century date. They are first shown on the c.1890s Ordnance Survey map. A complex of buildings is shown to the immediate west of the cottages on this map. Arranged around a yard, this likely formed agricultural buildings or service buildings associated with Wootton House. The architectural style and physical association of the cottages to these buildings and the drove road suggests they may have formed farmworkers’ cottages.
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. A solid example of a terrace of worker’s cottages.
B. Historic and evidential interest
ii. Illustrative of the agricultural origins of Ladies Mile Road as a drove road and associated with the historic agricultural village of Patcham.
C. Townscape interest
ii. Outside of Patcham Conservation Area, but associated with its history and contributes positively to the street scene.
F. Intactness
i. Although some of the windows have been replaced, and there are modern insertions at roof level (particularly to the rear), the terrace retains a sense of uniformity and completeness.
Date of inclusion
2015
