Beehive Cottage

Beehive Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the 15th century, with additions from the 17th century. It features a timber frame with painted brick infill panels and has a plain tile roof with a brick ridge stack. The building has a T-shaped plan and a single-cell baffle-entry hall range constructed from cruck beams, oriented north-south and facing west. The hall range has one storey and an attic on the right, displaying three tiers of square panels at eaves level and straight braces. There is a large 20th-century latticed casement window on the right and a central 17th-century gabled attic dormer that includes an ovolo-moulded tie beam and v-struts, housing a 19th-century mullion and transom window.

To the left is a gabled porch dated 1622, featuring an ovolo-moulded tie beam, v-struts, and a nail-studded door. The 17th-century gabled crosswing on the left has two storeys and an attic, with a high brick and stone plinth and tiers of square panels at eaves level. It has double collar and tie beam roof trusses with vertical struts between the horizontal members, and 20th-century latticed casements. An exposed cruck truss is visible on the south gable, characterized by an Alcock apex type F1. The north front of the crosswing has a different framing pattern, consisting of two tiers of tall rectangular panels interspersed with two areas of square panels similar to those on the west front.

Inside, the porch features an ogee-headed doorway with simple fleur-de-lys carvings on the lintel, located directly in front of the chimney stack. The first floor within the cruck-framed section is a later addition and includes a chamfered cross beam. A second pair of crucks is visible to the north. The crosswing contains a 17th-century newel staircase with splat balusters around the top of the stairwell.