Glebe Cottage

Glebe Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the 15th or 16th century, with additions from the 18th and 20th centuries, and partial remodelling in the late 19th century. It is constructed with a timber frame in cruck style and features painted brick nogging. The eaves have been raised and refaced in red brick on the front and right sides, and the roofs are covered with slate. The cottage consists of two framed bays, which may be part of a larger house, with later additions on the left and at the rear. It has one storey and an attic, as well as two storeys. There is a central brick ridge stack and a truncated external lateral brick stack on the left-hand addition. The framing at the rear consists of square panels. The front has two windows, with 19th-century two-light wooden casements that have segmental heads on the ground floor. An 18th-century addition is set back to the left and has a ground-floor 20th-century casement window at the front. The right-hand side features a half-glazed door with a lean-to brick porch. Part of a cruck truss is exposed in the left-hand gable end, and there is another entrance and a one-storey 20th-century addition at the rear.

Inside, there is one full cruck truss in the left-hand end wall (Alcock apex type F3) with single purlins. The ground-floor room on the right has a chamfered spine beam with ogee stops, wide joists, and a large open fireplace with a chamfered lintel that also has ogee stops. The ground-floor room on the left features paired ceiling beams that are probably from the late 17th or 18th century, and there is likely a 16th or 17th-century newel staircase located at the rear of the stack. The cottage may be a remnant of a former open hall house, with the right-hand bay floored and the first floor in the left-hand bay being a later addition, part of a former two-bay hall that has since been demolished beyond the central cruck truss.