at the east from the war memorial on the north side of northiam road is a terraced range of four listed early 19th-century two-storey cottages, the brick ground floor, and weatherboarding above, painted white. the back of the range is of eight gables. adjacent and detached to the east is the early 19th-century 'south view', similar in style and of two bays, weatherboarded, and white painted. further east, beyond staplecross village hall, and opposite cricketers field (road), is 'marigolds', a two-storey three-bay house dating to the 18th century. its ground floor is stuccoed and painted white, and with a central wood trellis porch, with overlapping red tile facing above. further east again are 'bowling alley cottages' opposite the village bowling green. the building was a conjoined range of three cottages, today two, and dates to the 18th century. the range has gabled porches, and is of two-storeys in painted brick, with a hipped roof and first floor of overlapping red tile facing on the west-most cottage.