Dagger Cottage

Dagger Cottage is a cruck-framed cottage dated 1653, as noted on a spice cupboard, and has recently undergone renovations and alterations. It features a brick structure with a thatched roof that is hipped at the right end and has a ridge chimney. The cottage has a three-bay baffle-entry plan, with the first bay possibly having been a shippon. Currently, it is 1½ storeys high, but it was originally a single-storey building with the third bay lofted. There is a door located at the junction of the first and second bays, a three-light sliding sash window with glazing bars to the right, and a small window in the third bay. The eaves are deeply overhanging, with inserted dormers in the first and third bays. The left gable wall includes a small window and an external chimney stack positioned behind the ridge. The rear of the cottage has doors to the first and third bays, as well as two large casement windows at ground level and one in the eaves. Inside, there are three complete raised cruck trusses made of small scantling, with one incorporated into the east gable wall and the others at the partitions of the middle bay. These trusses feature curved slender windbraces, and the tie-beam at the service end is cut for an inserted door on the upper floor, indicating that the housepart was originally unceiled. The service room partition wall consists of posts with straight braces, and the spice cupboard has a carved surround with the date "1653" inscribed at the top.