Hinks Cottage

Hinks Cottage is a house that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the early 17th century and has undergone alterations and additions in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The building features a timber frame with painted brick infill, a sandstone rubble base, and brick replacement walling, topped with plain tiled roofs. It has a group of three star-shaped brick stacks with a combined cap on the main ridge, as well as an external brick stack with offsets at the west gable end.

The layout follows a hall and cross-wing plan, with the hall section comprising three framed bays and a chimney located in the east end bay, which forms a lobby-entry. The cross-wing consists of two framed bays at the east gable end. The building is single storey with an attic that includes dormers and a cellar.

The framing of the main part has a rear wall-frame made up of three square panels from the sill to the wall-plate, featuring short straight upper braces. It also has a collar-and-tie-beam truss with queen struts and a V-strut in the apex at the left gable end. The cross-wing has four square panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with the upper four central panels on the front and right side elevations forming a decorative cross-shape. The gable ends contain tie-beam trusses with two collars, queen struts, and a V-strut in the apex.

On the front elevation, the main part has two ground floor 2-light 20th-century casements with cambered heads, two gabled dormers with 2-light casements, and a multi-paned 20th-century door at the right end. The cross-wing features a ground floor 3-light casement with plank weathering and a moulded console beneath, suggesting it was originally an oriel window.

Inside, the main beams of the cross-wing have stepped ogee-stopped chamfers, and there are back-to-back sandstone inglenook fireplaces. An arched doorhead is retained in the first floor cross-frame of the cross-wing. There is also a 20th-century single and two-storey rear extension.