Cottage 100 Metres North-East Of Netherwitton Hall

This cottage, located 100 metres northeast of Netherwitton Hall, dates from the late 17th century and was remodeled in the early 19th century. The main south elevation is made of coursed sandstone, while the other walls are constructed from rubble sandstone, topped with a slate roof.

The cottage is rectangular in shape and consists of two rooms. It is a single-storey building with a hipped roof and features a tall corniced ridge stack. The front has six bays, with a stable door in the fourth bay. The windows are two-light mullions with small casements, and the window in bay five is set within an older, blocked door opening. All openings are adorned with hoodmoulds. The side elevations are plain, and the rear has one window at one end and two blocked door openings.

Inside, there are two rooms of unequal size, connected by a boarded door. The larger room has a large, blocked stone and brick fireplace and is open to the roof.

Historically, this cottage is part of a group of late 17th and 18th-century buildings that formed a small stable yard associated with Netherwitton Hall. It first appeared on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1865, although it was unnamed. The original structure likely served as a domestic estate building, possibly a washroom or scullery, before being converted into a cottage or lodge house in the early 19th century.

The cottage is designated at Grade II due to its vernacular architecture, significant early fabric, attractive early 19th-century remodelling, and its group value with the estate buildings, including the Grade I listed Netherwitton Hall.