3, Spring Lane

This is a small, 17th-century stone cottage of one and a half storeys, originally with a thatched roof, now pantiled. The stone is local ironstone laid in courses, with dressed stone quoins to the gable end and windows. The cottage has a rectangular plan and originally comprised two rooms on each floor, with an internal chimney stack against the north gable. The front, facing Spring Lane, originally had two horizontal sliding sash windows on the ground floor, one of which has been blocked, although the stone quoins and timber lintel remain visible. A single dormer window with six panes to each light is situated above. The entrance is centrally placed in the rear elevation. To the left of the rear entrance is a small single-light window and a large casement with a modern frame. To the right of the door is a horizontal sliding sash window with six panes to each light, and a similar single dormer window above. The cottage is attached to a later stone building to the south.

Inside, an inglenook fireplace with a substantial stepped stone chimney breast has been inserted against the north gable wall, evidenced by a straight joint between the chimney masonry and the gable end. The inglenook occupies the full width of the room, with a bread oven to the left and a cupboard to the right of the chimney breast, which may have been used for curing bacon. A small window to the left of the chimney breast has a built-in seat below. A brick fireplace and chimney stack have been inserted into the original timber bressumer of the inglenook, featuring a 19th-century cast-iron fire surround. Original floor joists and a stop-chamfered spine beam survive within the room, though much of the ceiling timber in the adjacent south room has been replaced. The lime-ash upper floor has also been removed. Access to the upper floor is via a timber winder stair in the south-west corner. Original roof trusses, of simple coupled rafter and collar construction with staggered butt purlins, remain exposed on the upper floor and each pegged frame bears carpenter's marks.

A stone-lined well is located in the garden to the rear of the cottage. This former thatched stone cottage, with a simple two-cell plan, likely dates to the 17th century. While alterations have been made, including to the window openings and roof covering, it retains sufficient original fabric and plan form to qualify for listing as a vernacular cottage of this date.