Duce'S Cottage

Duce's Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century that was remodelled in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of brick and timber framing with painted render infill, topped by a plain-tile roof. The house features a stone projecting end stack and a brick projecting eaves stack, both with restored diagonally-set brick twin shafts.

The north front has a two-window range that includes a 19th-century cross-wing and a lean-to. It is a single-storey building with an attic. The cross-wing gable on the left has an oak mullion window with lattice leading above a plain boarded entrance door that is sheltered by a tiled gabled canopy. The gable framing includes a straight tie and collar with a cusped framed star-shape above. The 17th-century range to the right is square-framed with one brace and features a gabled dormer with a single-light leaded casement. The ground floor has a 19th-century brick lean-to outshut.

On the right return gable, there is an end truss with a tie beam and vertical struts framing an oak mullion window, along with a collar and twin raking struts that have inset false cusped applied timbers. The framing is square with an upper tension brace. The gable is obscured to the left by a stepped stone stack and a 19th-century lean-to at ground level. The left return side shows the main range end-truss with a cut tie beam, vertical struts, collar, and raking struts, with a ground floor featuring a 20th-century lean-to. The 19th-century cross-wing on the right has applied cusping at the ridge.

At the rear, the attic level has square framing that is underbuilt with mid-19th-century brick. There is a central tiled gabled canopy over a plain boarded door in a chamfered frame, flanked by oak face-fixed mullion and transom windows that include some lattice leading. A 20th-century lean-to is located to the right.

Inside, the cottage features twin bridging beams per bay with ogee stopped chamfers. The internal truss has a tie beam that is interrupted with posts and a collar, and the roof is supported by a single trenched purlin.