Fell Close Cottage

Fell Close Cottage is a farmhouse, now used as an animal shelter, likely dating from the early 17th century with alterations from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with wide quoins and a boulder plinth, with some patches of render on the rear. The main building has a corrugated iron roof, while the porch has a collapsed heather thatch. The cottage features a gable entry plan, is two low storeys high, and has four bays with a west gable porch.

On the south elevation, there are wood lintels over a wide door in the third bay and flanking wide windows, with the right window blocked. There is a first-floor vent slit on the left and a square opening in the second bay. The roof is steeply pitched, and the left porch is partly collapsed. The left return gable has a chamfered wood lintel above a studded plank door with a Tudor-arched head in a shaped wood surround. The rear elevation shows a blocked door under a wood lintel opposite the front door, a small square window under a wide lintel to the left of the door, and a blocked fire window on the right. There is a central loft opening on the first floor, and exposed beam ends are visible.

Inside, the cottage is partly plastered and features massive chamfered beams with stepped and curved stops. There is a wide stone lintel over an inserted oven and fire against the left gable, a heck post, and space for a ladder stair beside the fire. A small plain stone surround frames the fire against the right gable. Peg holes in the chamfer at the central point of the beam may indicate the position of partitions. The roof has three sets of upper crucks of large scantling, with varied apex details, including one saddle. A massive chimney beam is located high in the west gable, with peg holes for a former hood, and stone chimney flues are inserted against each gable.