This terrace of cottages stands on the site of the original schoolroom in St Mark's which was replaced with a new school to the north of the church by 1846, at the instigation of the Reverend John Thomas Clark. 


In 1846 the old school was replaced by a pair of cottages. Their rents were intended to help contribute to the upkeep of the church and new school. A third cottage was added in 1899, which created a row of three cottages.  The schoolroom cottages were reunited into a single dwelling in the late 20th century however.


Three slate plaques fixed to pediments on the façade of the building read "TJ Clark Chaplain, I Bridson esqn Trustee"; "St. Mark's Cottages erected AD 1846" and "Dr TV Short, The Lord Bishop."