Pinfold Cottage Sycamore Cottage

Pinfold Cottage and Sycamore Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages. It likely dates from the late 16th century and was extended in the mid to late 17th century, with additional alterations made later. The building is timber framed with painted brick infill and has a machine tile roof that replaced the original thatch.

The original structure was a single-storey, two-cell cottage that was given a first floor, with a byre added to the right in the 17th century. A stack was also added at this time, changing the layout to a three-unit baffle-entry type. The building was later converted into two separate cottages and now stands at two storeys.

The framing features square panels, with two panels extending from the cill to the original wall-plate in the 16th-century section, and one smaller panel above due to the raising of the eaves. The former byre has four square panels. The 16th-century part includes long straight tension braces on the front and left gable end, and short straight braces on the raised tie beam, with additional short straight tension braces on the right gable end of the former byre. The roof structure consists of collar and tie beam end trusses with V-struts from the collar and projecting single-purlin ends.

The windows are 20th-century casements, with one on each side of a central boarded door that is sheltered by a lean-to hood on the 16th-century part. Above this, there are 20th-century gabled eaves dormers. The former byre has a 20th-century door under a lean-to hood, with a casement and a gabled eaves dormer to the right. A 20th-century purple brick ridge stack is located immediately to the left, with an infilled doorway directly below. Additionally, there is a 19th-century coursed and dressed sandstone block lean-to on the right gable end.

The interior has not been inspected but is reported to have chamfered ceiling beams on the ground floor and a largely intact timber frame, including the original back wall. There is a late 20th-century two-storey gabled addition at right angles to the rear on the right, along with a painted brick lean-to in the angle, which is not considered of special architectural interest.