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The roof had Welsh slates, with terracotta decorations.
The original ridge was of the common design:
The hip ridges were plain red ridge tiles:
The bay finial was a leaf design:
The design of the ridge finial is not certain. Only three houses still have a ridge finial. Two, with largely unrestored roofs, have a pegged tile as shown above, but with the finials missing. The third has a single piece finial with a scroll design. It is suspected that this is a replacement and that the original may have been the same leaf design as on the bay ridge.
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