Stoneywell Cottage

Stoneywell Cottage is a house built in 1899, designed by Ernest Gimson for his elder brother Sydney Gimson, with Detmar Blow overseeing the construction. It is constructed from granite and slate rubble stone with an original thatched roof. The roof was re-slated with Swithland slate in 1939 by Humphrey Gimson following a fire. The building is one and a half to two storeys high, and its curving plan follows the line of a rocky outcrop behind it. The irregular composition features two large rubble stone stacks to the front. The central door has “G 1899” inscribed in slate above the lintel. A one-light casement window sits in the gable above the door, with a three-light window to the left and a nine-pane window to the right. Dormer windows with two lights each are located above these windows. Above the right-hand window, another two-light casement is set in a small roof gable added in 1939. A diagonal stack to the right features a one-light window and a two-light window, topped with a dormer. To the left of the central section is a dormer with a stack and a fixed one-light window. A two-light casement and a fixed one-light window are on the left end, while a partly blocked doorway, a three-light window, a door, and a three-light window occupy the right end. The rear elevation includes a two-light dormer, a gabled section with an 8/8 sash window and a one-light casement to the left, with a two-light window above and a one-light window above that. A rounded staircase section has a fixed one-light window, two two-light windows, and a fixed one-light window, with a two-light dormer above. Lead guttering, also by Humphrey Gimson, is decorated with a motif derived from Ernest Gimson's work.

The door leads into a Dining Room, formerly a Kitchen, which features slate slabs for the floor and over the fireplace. Four slate steps lead up to the left into a Sitting Room, which contains a slate spiral staircase and four further oak steps. An inglenook recess is located in the Sitting Room, with a slate slab over the fireplace. The house retains much original woodwork and is described as having a fine interior. It has remained within the Gimson family.