Mid-late 19th century workers cottages, 1-16 The Roothings, Heybridge (EHER 40621)

The Roothings are two terraces of eight in-line, two-up-two-down style cottages built during the second half of the 19th century as basic lower level worker accommodation.

2005. Field survey. The Roothings are two terraces of eight in-line, two-up-two-down style cottages built during the second half of the 19th century as basic lower level worker accommodation. Each cottage was provided with a strip of land to the front for cultivation and befitting their status are built with minimal decorative detail. The roofs are hipped at the ends of each terrace and are covered in slate with shared ridgeline stacks and smaller stacks from the kitchens to the rear. The windows have segmental rough brick heads and vertical sliding sashes, although survival of original windows is unusual. Due to their small size many of the units have been enlarged, with extensions both to the front and more commonly to the rear. The latter works has removed outbuildings and in-line with improvements in sanitation, nearly all of the detached brick-built privies have been demolished. <1>