Appletree Cottage

Appletree Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century, with a later addition from the late 17th to 18th century on the right side. There is also a 19th-century rear outshut, and the building has undergone partial encasing and division into two dwellings before being reconverted into a single dwelling in the mid-20th century. The cottage was re-thatched in 1973. It features timber framing with mud-and-stud infill, while the right addition is built in a similar style and materials. The rear extension is made of brick, which also encases the lower sections of the front and right return. The exterior is limewashed, and the roof is thatched, with a pantile roof on the rear outshut.

The layout consists of a two-room central lobby-entry plan, with a pantry on the left end, a small single-room extension on the right, and a two-room rear outshut. The cottage is a single storey with an attic and has two windows. The front features a 20th-century glazed door flanked by plate-glass sliding sashes set in 18th to 19th-century segmental-headed frames with hinged shutters. Visible padstones are located at the left and right corners, and there is brick encasing below the window on the left. The right side has a full raking dormer window with a 12-pane sliding sash and an ornate 20th-century sill. The hipped roof has lower eaves over the right extension and ornate ridge capping, with an axial stack. The right return includes a part-glazed door, a small casement, and a 4-pane sliding sash, while the left return features a small single-light dormer with an ornate sill. The rear of the main section has small single-light and two-light windows in their original openings.

Inside, there is a large central stack with pairs of small cupboards on either side and inserted 20th-century fireplaces. A ladder to the attic is located in an adjoining cupboard facing the lobby. The room on the right has exposed joists and a boxed-in spine beam supported by a timber post on a pair of padstones in the original mud-and-stud wall. The room on the left, which was likely the kitchen, may have originally been open to the roof and features 19th-century moulded joists. There is also a ladder to the attic in the current kitchen in the right extension. The roof has collared rafters. Appletree Cottage is a well-preserved example of a mud-and-stud cottage, particularly notable for the survival of the movable ladders and the original walling, which is coated with traditional putty lime and whitening. A photograph of the cottage is held in the National Monuments Record.