Pest Cottage

Pest Cottage is a pair of cottages, likely originally built as one, dating from the 16th or 17th century. The structure features timber framing with whitewashed brick nogging and a thatched roof that has a central ridge and stacks at the left end. It is 1½ storeys high and includes two 3-light eyebrow dormers.

On the ground floor, from the left, there is a 2-light casement window, a thatched porch with a door, another 2-light casement, a 3-light sliding sash window, a second thatched porch with a door, and a final 3-light sliding sash window. To the left, there is a 20th-century single-storey extension with Swithland slate and a garage that also has a thatched roof. On the right end, there is a thatched outshut with a stone stack and a 2-light casement window. Pest Cottage was the home of Thomas Rawlins, a refugee from the Great Plague, and the founder of Rawlins School.