Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a house that now serves as a museum, dating back to around 1490, with alterations and additions made in the late 19th century and mid-20th century. The building features a timber frame with painted brick infill, brick replacement walling, and a sandstone rubble and brick plinth. It has plain tiled roofs, a brick chimney stack on the main ridge, and large external stacks on the left side and rear elevation. The layout consists of a hall and a cross-wing, with the hall oriented on a north/south axis and the cross-wing at the south gable end, both comprising two framed bays. The cross-wing includes a small, single bay wing that projects southwards. The house stands two storeys high with a cellar in the rear cross-wing.

The framing is irregular, primarily consisting of four square panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with large swept braces in the lower corners of the cross-wing gable ends. The gable ends also feature collar and tie-beam trusses with queen-struts exposed.

The main elevation faces west and has scattered fenestration. All windows have plank weatherings. The ground floor includes a three-light casement, a 16-pane sash, and a rectangular light, while the upper floor has two gabled dormers with casements and a pair of casements on the left side. The cross-wing gable end features paired casements on both floors. The main entrance is located on the left side of the south elevation, which has a late 19th-century timber-framed gabled porch and a ledged and battened door. A small wing to the right has a planked door on its east side and a first-floor casement on the west side, with a first-floor casement located between the wing and the porch.

The interior is not accessible, but the main beams are stop-chamfered. There are late 19th-century and mid-20th-century extensions to the rear.