The Nest And Tymss Cottage

The Nest and Tymss Cottage are two houses, likely dating from the early 18th century, with extensions and alterations made in the early 19th century. The construction is timber-frame with painted plaster and brick infill, and painted brick to the right, set on a rubble plinth. The roofs are hipped thatch and gabled Welsh slate, with brick end stacks and an axial stack.

Originally a two-unit timber-framed cottage, it was extended by a two-storey unit to the right in the early 19th century, and the central unit was raised to two storeys at the same time.

The Nest, to the left, is a single-storey plus attic, single-window range. It has an entrance with a 20th-century door to the left of a window with a two-light casement. A raking dormer has a 20th-century two-light casement. A hipped outshut to the left return has a small window with an iron opening casement, and tall framing panels with a middle rail. Tymss Cottage, to the right, forms a two-storey, two-window range. It includes an entrance with an open gabled porch leading to a door with six flush panels (two glazed). Flanking windows have a segmental head with two-light and three-light casements, and smaller windows to the first floor have older two-light casements with iron opening casements. Small 20th-century additions have been made to the rear.

The interior of The Nest was not inspected. Tymss Cottage features spine beams, an open fireplace with a brick hood, a winding staircase, some plank doors and two queen post trusses, one of which has been cut for a doorway. Most of the timber framing remains in the rear walls, now internal. This building demonstrates group value.