Black And White Cottages

A row of four cottages, originally a single house and service wing, dates to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with extensions added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The cottages are timber framed with rendered infill and painted brick, covered by a plain tile roof.

The right-hand side of the original house, now forming numbers 3 and 4, features a projecting gabled wing. The ground floor of this wing has close-studding with a middle rail, while the first floor has close-studding with coving to the jettied gable, which has a chamfered bressumer and brackets on either side. There are three-light casement windows (likely 19th or 20th century) to the centre of the ground and first floors, along with a two-light casement window to the first floor. To the left of this is a recessed range with a 19th-century six-panel door to the right, and two three-light casement windows to the left, set within close-studded walling. Above are a two-light and a three-light casement window. A ridge chimney stack is located to the left.

A lower addition, dating to the later 17th or early 18th century, forms cottage number 2, with some timber framing and painted brick simulating timbering. It has two two-light casement windows on each floor, and a ground-floor doorway on the left. To the left is a projecting gabled wing which forms cottage number 1. This wing is of mid-19th century date, with brick walling painted to resemble timber framing, a cambered-headed doorway, and a two-light casement window in the gable end. The right-hand side of number 4 has eight bays of small framing, with angle braces to the centre, left, and right, along with a 20th-century chimney stack to the left of centre.

At the rear of numbers 2 and 4, some timber framing is visible, mostly concealed by 19th-century outshuts.