Hole Bottom Cottage

Hole Bottom Cottage is a house, likely built in the late 17th century, with later alterations. The right end of the building is now a separate dwelling. It is constructed of brick on a low stone plinth, topped with a slate roof that has two levels, two modern skylights, and chimney stacks at the left gable, one of which is partially corbelled, and at the junction of the roofs. The cottage features a three-bay baffle-entry plan. The first two bays are two storeys high, while the third bay is one and a half storeys. There are bands at two different levels, with adjoining doors at the junction of the second and third bays. Above the left door is a small first-floor window, and to the left are two windows on each floor, all of which are modern casements with brick heads. The window next to the door is gauged and slightly arched, and there is one two-light ground floor window in the third bay. The right gable has a door and a modern single-storey extension, with two windows above. The rear wall has a door to the first bay and various windows similar to those at the front, along with an attic window in the gable of the second bay.

Inside, the second bay includes an inglenook with an ovolo-moulded bressummer (though the center section is missing), a heck with a peephole, and an altered fire window. Ovolo-moulded beams are present on both floors, and there is a quarter-turn staircase of early 18th-century type, along with original doors. Historically, the cottage was occupied by Thomas Anderton, a yeoman and saddler, in the late 17th century and was licensed for Presbyterian worship in 1672.