Broad Oak Cottage

Broad Oak Cottage is a mid-17th century cottage located in Lower Frankton, Ellesmere Rural. The building features a timber frame with rendered infill set on a red brick plinth and is topped with a slate roof. It has a two-cell plan and stands two storeys high. The framing includes square and rectangular panels, with three panels extending from the cill to the original wall-plate and one additional panel above due to the raising of the eaves. Long straight tension braces are present, along with collar and tie beam end trusses that have slots for the original single purlins.

The ground floor has three 20th-century casement windows, with a 19th-century fixed-light window on the far left. There is a 20th-century casement window directly below the eaves in the centre and a 19th-century casement on the far right, all set within the framing panels. The entrance is through a 20th-century panelled door located in a contemporary gabled porch attached to the left gable end. Internally, there is a red brick end stack on the left and an external end stack on the right, both featuring moulded capping. Additionally, there is a 19th-century brick lean-to on the right gable end.