Mid-late 19th century workerd cottages, 25-32 Well Terrace (EHER 40619)

Well Terrace is a terrace of eight two-storey brick-built cottages constructed around the mid-later 19th century by the Bentall Company.

2005. Field survey. Well Terrace is a terrace of eight two-storey brick-built cottages constructed around the mid-later 19th century by the Bentall Company. Each pair of cottages adopt a typical 'T-shaped' plan, with the main rooms built in-line and a utility range within a central outshot to the rear. The increased level of architectural detailing in Well Terrace reflects the heightened status of these cottages and their allocation to supervisor level employees. This status is manifest in the fabric by the use of good quality gault brick and the contrasting yellow gauged brick voussoirs of the window apertures, decorative relieving arches and half-round rubbed brick arches and glass fanlights of the principal entrances. Few original windows remain although surviving examples have vertical sliding sashes with fine glazing bars and marginal glazing. The slate covered roofs are gable ended with a catslide over the rear outshot and ridgeline chimney stacks with oversailing courses. Each cottage was provided with plot of land to the rear and small front gardens, some of which still retain original concrete boundary walls and gateposts. To the rear, all of the cottages have retained their brick-built back-to-back outhouses. <1>