The Oaks

The Oaks is a cottage dating from around 1600, with an early 18th century addition and various late 19th and 20th century modifications. It features a timber frame with painted brick nogging and a thatched roof. The original framing from circa 1600 consists of large square panels, with two extending from the sole plate to the wall plate, while the early 18th century section has lighter framing. The cottage has a baffle-entry plan with two framed bays and stands one storey high with a gable-lit attic. A central brick ridge stack is present.

On the northeast front, there are two windows: a 20th century three-light wooden casement on the left and a 20th century two-light diamond-leaded wooden casement on the right. A roughly central late 20th century boarded door is set beneath a gabled porch. There are also probably late 19th century one-storey additions flanking the main structure, featuring a hipped slate roof, with the left side having a two-light diamond-leaded casement at the front. Additionally, there is likely a 19th century lean-to addition at the rear.

Inside, the right-hand room has a chamfered spine beam and chamfered joists, which include ogee and plain stops. There is a blocked fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel. This cottage has been identified as having been occupied by the Hughes and Hanmer families in the 16th and 17th centuries, as noted by Richard Gough in his work "Antiquityes and Memoryes of the Parish of Myddle" published in 1701. The original plan likely began as a single-cell end lobby entry cottage, possibly open to the roof, and was extended to the east around 1700. A photograph in David G. Hey's book from 1974 shows the cottage with either a graded slate or plain tile roof.