Ridge End Cottage And Adjoining Farmbuilding

Ridge End Cottage and the adjoining farm building are located in Marple. The farm building likely dates from the 17th century, while the cottage has a datestone indicating it was built in 1778 by Robert Cosier and Francis Nicholson. The structure is made of coursed rubble with a roof that combines graduated stone slates and 20th-century tiles, along with brick stacks.

The building has an L-shaped plan, with one wing from the 17th century and the cottage wing from 1778. The 17th-century wing features a projecting plinth and coped gables with kneelers. It has four doors, two of which are blocked, and casement windows on each floor of the first bay, which may have served as accommodation for laborers. The second bay contains a two-light chamfered mullion window and loft hatches on the upper level. The cottage wing includes a large cart entry and is designed as a two-bay, one-room deep cottage. Both the front and rear of the cottage have four window openings with stone heads and sills, fitted with 20th-century casements. The door is now located in the gable end.

Inside, there are three 17th-century king post roof trusses that support original wind-braced purlins, with some bracing made from the same timber as the purlins.