Oak Tree Cottage

Oak Tree Cottage is an open-hall house that dates back to the 14th or 15th century and was remodeled in the 17th century, with significant alterations made in the late 20th century. The cottage is timber framed with cruck construction, though it is now mostly rendered over, and it has a slate roof. The original layout featured an open hall with service and solar bays at each end, which were floored over in the early 17th century. The building has one storey and a gable-lit attic.

The framing includes a cruck truss with a collar that is exposed at the left gable end, along with a fragment of wall-plate on the back wall. The fenestration is irregular, featuring late 20th-century casements on the left, right, and center, with the latter positioned at a higher level. There is a gabled porch on the far right with a rebuilt brick end stack above it.

Inside, the main ground-floor room has a chamfered spine beam and heavy joists. The cross and spine walls are timber framed with rectangular panels, and one of these walls is located beneath the second cruck truss, which has an infilled doorway. Unfortunately, the apexes of the crucks and all traces of a third cruck, which divided the hall and the right-hand bay, were destroyed during the late 20th-century rebuilding of the outer walls and roof. The cottage was formerly known as Lane End Farmhouse.