Church Cottages

Church Cottages is an early 16th-century farmhouse, later converted into a house. It has undergone extensive restoration in the late 20th century. The building is timber framed with a plinth, and shows rendered concrete block repairs. It has a Welsh slate roof and a ridge brick chimney. The original plan comprised two rooms with a cross-passage behind the chimney stack. The front is of 13 bays by two, with many tall timber panels remaining, appearing almost as close-studding with a middle rail. The timber in the left-hand bay has been replaced. Late 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars are incorporated into a line of three gabled dormers. The entrance door is slightly out of its original position. Some original timberwork remains in a central dormer to the rear. Inside, the hall to the right of the entrance has an inglenook with a chamfered bressumer, above which is an original timber-framed fire hood. The ceiling beams and joists are a 17th-century addition to what was originally an open hall. Remnants of three full cruck trusses remain, the southernmost being almost complete. These cruck trusses feature arched blades, tiebeams, collars and sprockets. Church House, which is listed separately, was a parlour wing added to this farmhouse during the Elizabethan period.