:1 and 2 Tai Cochion

{{Short description|Pair of cottages in Flintshire, Wales}}

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1 and 2 Tai Cochion consists of a pair of joined cottages in the village of Nannerch, Flintshire, Wales. Each of the cottages is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building.{{Citation | url = http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=26906| title = 1 Tai Cochion| access-date = 19 December 2016| publisher = Cadw}}{{Citation | url = http://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=en&id=26907| title = 2 Tai Cochion| access-date = 19 December 2016| publisher = Cadw}} They were built for the railway engineer William Barber Buddicom in 1877–88 and designed by the Chester architect John Douglas.{{cite book | last =Hubbard | first =Edward | author-link = Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | title =The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd | publisher =Penguin | year = 1986| location =London | page = 402| isbn =0-14-071052-3 }}

The cottages are built in brick in vernacular revival style with tiled hipped roofs. Each is a mirror image of the other and they share a central chimney stack; the cottages are divided by a buttress in the lower storey. They have gables containing a lozenge pattern in the brickwork. Both cottages have rear extensions added in the 20th century.

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Category:Grade II listed buildings in Flintshire

Category:Grade II listed houses in Wales

Category:Houses in Flintshire

Category:Houses completed in 1888

Category:John Douglas buildings

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