To the south of the Old Rectory is a pair of small but well-preserved houses, the Broad Alley Cottages. They were built on a lot that John Norman occupied in 1700 and one of them may be the house in which he lived. His daughter Susannah was formally granted the property in 1713 after her father died. Neighbouring grants make it clear that he was raising potatoes and corn in the field surrounding his house.

Little is known about the property for the next century. Dr Joseph Hutchison acquired the lot and ‘houses near the church’ in the 1780s or 1790s, and it is likely that some of the enslaved people Hutchison owned lived in the cottages. In 1854 both cottages appear on a map much as they are today. The gable-ended, single room northern cottage is exactly the same shape as in 1854, while the southern building has acquired a small northern extension. In 1863 the cottages were incorporated into William Hayward Fox’s property to the west, which thereafter encompassed the entire block. In the 20th century the properties were once again divided by one of Fox’s heirs. Today they serve as poignant reminders of how St George’s more humble citizens lived. For every Whitehall there were, perhaps, five Broad Alley Cottages, most of which have not survived.