The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 13 NE NEWINGTON THE STREET (East Side)
4/51 Nos. 1-5 (inclusive) 29.12.66 Church Cottages
GV II
Workhouse, now house row. Late C18 or early C19. Red brick in Flemish bond. First floor of rear wall tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Double depth. 2 storeys. Dentilled brick eaves cornice. Central 2-storey canted brick bay with plain tile roof, and cornice carried round it. 4 filleted brick ridge stacks, one to each end and one to each side of central bay. Regular 5- window front of 2-light multi-paned casements; two to each side and one to centre of bay. One blocked window to each canted side of bay. Ground-floor windows with segmental heads. Boarded door to No. 3 with segmental head to centre of bay, behind later brick porch with round-headed outer opening. Similar door and porch to left gable end to No. 5. Half-glazed door to No. 1 in single-storey addition to right gable end. Rear doors to Nos. 2 and 4. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TR1826837403

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.