West Cottage & Sunset View
Location/Address
School Lane, Dunham Town
Type
Description
Pair of purpose built cottages, c.1890. Brick built English garden wall bond. Double pile, two storey into roof space, single fronted. Gable roof covered with slates and grey ridge tiles, plain close verge, cast-iron gutters and downpipes. Flemish bond brick extension with gable roof for both cottages houses sculleries, wash house with copper and coal store and WC. Chimneys are inside at gables and have red machine brick oversailing, red pots, both vented and plain. Evidence that the N gable has been partly rebuilt shown by newer looking bricks. Scar marks on S elevation indicate lean-to extension, now removed. Modern flat roofed conservatory to rear of West Cottage The front door to Sunset View is new, battened with a segmental brick arch over. Casement windows throughout, 3-light, 6-pane with thin glazing bars, old iron catches and 2-brick segmental arch over. The doors are battened timber with moulded architraves. Floors are flag with with moulded timber skirting at ground floor and plain skirting at first floor. The stair cases to both cottages are enclosed, timber with winders and heavy handrail.
Sunset View once called "Golf View" when there was a golf course briefly in the field opposite in the 1930s
Identified as a 'positive contributor' to the Dunham Town Conservation Area.
Statement of Significance
Age
Late 19th century
Date Listed
06 Jun 2022
Last Updated
21 May 2022
Find Out More
Find out more about this Asset in Greater Manchester Local Heritage List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/greater-manchester/asset/8176
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/greater-manchester/asset/8176