NHER 46971 (Building record) - Honeysuckle Cottage

March 1985. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House. Late 18th century. Flemish bond red brick façade, clunch returns, black glazed pantiled roof. Two storeys, three bays. Two ground floor and two first floor flush wooden sashes with thick glazing bars. Central four-panel door of c.1900. Ground floor openings under flat rubbed brick arches."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 30 August 2006. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 11 March 2020.

May 2007. Historic building survey.
This interesting building was purpose built in about 1840 to accommodate two small households with separate front doors one in the apparent centre of the façade to maintain a sense of symmetry with the other on the gable-end. The stacks were on the rear wall accommodating winding stairs to their sides. The roof was built as a mansard to increase the useable space in the attic rooms and to alleviate load on the rear wall plates. A yard at the rear was bordered by the continuation of the gable–end walls.
The building was extended to the rear later in the 19th century with a simple lean-to construction beneath a cranked catslide roof. The end walls were built onto the former boundary walls. The stair cases were changed to straight
flights.
Towards the end of the 19th century the building was converted into a single house with doorways at each floor connecting the two halves. The doorway to the eastern half from the loke was permanently closed and shelves built
across it. One of the attic stairs was taken down yet both stairs to the first floor were retained.
In the later 20th century repairs and refurbishment included rebuilding the west chimney shaft, felting and repairing the roof, fitting a bathroom in the western half outshut and laying a good quality brick floor.
See (S3).
J. Allen (NLA), 10 July 2007.