Tudor Cottage And Adjoining House To East

This is a pair of houses, built around 1600, with alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of timber framing and brick, with rendered brick infill and a plain tile roof. The rear elevation features large external lateral stacks, with two 20th-century brick stalks set diagonally at each end, alongside a brick ridge stack.

The front of the building has a deep rendered plinth, two corner posts (the right-hand one being renewed), and seven intermediate posts. There are 20th-century Tudor arched doorways at each end, flanked on the right by a three-light casement window. Above, a 20th-century three-light casement window is on the left, and a 19th-century three-light casement is on the right. The east gable has jowled corner posts, with a strut to the right, a mid rail, and a transom. A 20th-century square bay window sits on the left, and a 20th-century round window on the right. Above, a two-light casement window is on the left, and a central two-light garret casement is above. The west gable features an irregular angled projection to the left, and a corner post with a transom and strut to the right. The roof structure visible here includes a wall plate and a queen post truss.

The rear elevation has a central post and an off-centre 20th-century canted bay window, flanked to the left by a three-light casement window placed within a blocked doorway, and to the right by a 20th-century door with overlight. A central gable sits above, featuring a two-light sliding sash window, with a three-light 20th-century casement window to the left.

Inside, the south-east corner displays an outstanding early 17th-century moulded ashlar chimney piece with a Tudor arched opening, decorated spandrels, a reeded frieze, and above, two cornices separated by a foliate frieze. It is said that Tudor Cottage also contains a similar chimney piece. The roof is a principal rafter roof with double notched purlins, a queen post truss to the west, and collars to the central bay. Other interior features include two mud and stud partitions (one with a plank door), a central winder stair in a framed enclosure, a winder stair leading to the garret with a square newel, heavily chamfered span and spine beams, and run-out stops.