The Cottage

The Cottage is a house that dates from the 15th or 16th century, with remodelling and additions made in the mid to late 19th century. It features a timber frame constructed using cruck techniques, with parts rebuilt and the eaves raised in stuccoed brick that is lined to resemble ashlar, complete with raised quoins and window dressings. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The building has two storeys and an external brick stack on the left, while the right side has a truncated external brick stack. The front has three windows, which include two- and three-light casements, and there is a 20th-century boarded door located off-centre to the left. Some timber framing is visible at the rear. There is a later wing to the southeast that is made of painted brick, featuring a toothed brick eaves cornice and an integral brick end stack. Inside, a cruck blade is visible in the northwest corner, and there may be further concealed remains of cruck framing. The interior also includes chamfered beams with ogee stops and a 16th or 17th-century plank and muntin door in the right-hand ground-floor front room.