Cottage Approximately 20 Metres West Of Oaker

This cottage, located approximately 20 meters west of Oaker, dates from the late 17th century and has undergone modifications, including raising the eaves in the mid-19th century and later additions. It features a timber frame with rendered and painted brick infill on a high rubblestone plinth to the right, with the eaves raised in brick and partly roughcast. The roof is slate-covered. The original layout is a two-cell baffle-entry plan, with a lower 19th-century gabled rubblestone addition on the south gable end, where the ground level drops.

The best-preserved framing is on the east side, showcasing square panels, three of which extend from the cill to the wall-plate. The structure has collar and tie beam end trusses with V-struts from the collars and short straight braces from the wall posts to the tie beam. The position of an infilled two-light wooden mullion window is visible on the north gable end. The west side features three 19th-century cast-iron latticed casements just below the eaves, with 20th-century casements on either side of a boarded door located to the left of center. There is also a 19th-century leaded casement on the high plinth to the right.

A rendered rubblestone stack is positioned immediately in front of the ridge to the right of center, featuring a dripstone and a top that was rebuilt in late 19th-century red brick. There is a brick projection for a bread oven beneath this stack. The original baffle entry is marked by a boarded door located under a bracketed lean-to hood on the east side, directly beneath the stack. The interior could not be inspected during the last survey in September 1986, but it is likely to be of interest.