Arborfield Cottage

Arborfield Cottage is a house located on Dorsington Road in Long Marston, dating from the 17th century, with significant rebuilding in the late 17th century and extensive additions and alterations in the 20th century. The structure features a timber frame with painted brick infill and replacement sections, while the rear gable end is constructed of coursed squared limestone with ashlar dressings. The roof is tiled, complemented by a brick end stack and a cross-axial stack. The house has a gable facing front to the left and follows a three-unit plan.

The exterior consists of a single storey plus an attic, with a three-window range. The entrance, located to the left of center, features a 20th-century door within a 20th-century porch, with an additional entrance at the left end. To the right, there are three windows fitted with 20th-century casements and one small light at the right end. The first floor includes three 20th-century gabled dormers. The left end has some brick rebuilding, with storey-height panels and rails.

At the rear, there is a catslide verandah that extends to the right as a 1950s bay window with six-light small-paned glazing. There are two windows with two-light small-paned casements and a glazed door entrance to the left end. The first floor features one small gabled dormer and raised eaves on the right part with four two-light small-paned casements. Some exposed timber framing is visible, along with a rubble oven bulge to the left of center.

The front gable is made of brick, with one wall post to the left and a 20th-century casement on each floor. The rear gable displays ashlar quoins and coping; the ground floor includes a three-light recessed-chamfered-mullioned window with a labelmould, alongside a similar 20th-century single-chamfered mullioned window. The first-floor window mirrors the ground floor's design, and a datestone on the building reads "1685."

Inside, the cottage showcases exposed timber framing on the partition wall and beams, as well as back-to-back stone fireplaces featuring stop-chamfered bressumers.