Lower Bulthy Cottage

A cottage, now used as a field shelter, likely dates from the 16th century, with alterations in the 18th and mid to late 19th centuries. It is timber-framed, utilising cruck construction and sits upon an uncoursed sandstone rubble plinth with red brick nogging, partially rebuilt in uncoursed sandstone rubble and red brick. The roof is corrugated iron over what was originally thatch. The building features two framed bays and a two-room baffle-entry plan, with one storey and a gable-lit attic. The timber framing consists of square panels, extending from the sole plate to the wall plate. A central brick ridge stack is present. The north front has a blocked 17th or 18th century two-light window to the left and a later blocked window to the right. A central boarded door is situated alongside a later door to the right. The left-hand gable end was rebuilt in the 18th century brick, featuring a boarded attic and a ground-floor stable-type door to the left (the upper leaf is missing). The right-hand gable end has been rebuilt in sandstone rubble, with 2-light wooden casements to the ground floor and attic. The rear elevation has a right-hand section rebuilt in 19th century brick, with a segmental-headed wooden casement. The base of a large coursed sandstone rubble stack projects in the centre, demonstrating earlier lime-washing.

Inside, the west ground-floor room has a chamfered spine beam with plain stops, unchamfered joists, a chamfered floor-plate with plain stops, and a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel and bread oven. The east ground-floor room contains a chamfered spine beam and joists with plain stops. A central full cruck truss is visible; only the north blade and part of the collar are present, with the southern blade potentially destroyed. The roof has single purlins and wind braces. The cottage may represent a fragment of a larger house, and the central stack and floors could be 17th-century additions.