Castle Cottages

Castle Cottages is a house located on Mossley Castle Lane, dating from the early to mid-18th century, with later 18th-century additions and alterations. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed rubble in courses and features a graduated stone slate roof with a stone gable end stack. It has two storeys and an attic, with a later 18th-century barn added to the north side, which raised the attic storey to create a weaving floor that spans the full width of the house.

The entrance doorway is located in the widened west gable end wall and is sheltered by a shallow, open 20th-century porch. The south wall displays two flat-faced stone mullioned windows: a three-light window on the left and a two-light window on the right on each main floor. The lower left and upper right windows have had their mullions removed and are fitted with 20th-century casements, while the other window lights contain small sashes.

On the west end gable wall, there is a similar two-light mullioned casement on the first floor to the right, and a three-light casement in the attic at the apex of the gable, with the left-hand light blocked for the flue of the stack. The east gable end wall features a blocked doorway at the first floor, which provided an original external entry to the stair leading to the attic floor. There is also a pitching doorway with a boarded door leading to the barn extension on the right, and on the north side, a double garage door marks the former entry to the barn.

Inside, the cottage retains exposed bridging beams, board partitions, and original joinery.