Damson Cottage Plough Cottage

Damson Cottage and Plough Cottage are a pair of attached houses that date back to the late medieval period, with alterations and extensions made in the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The buildings feature a cruck frame and timber frame construction with clay lump infill, although most of the infill has been replaced. No 2 is finished with painted pebble dash render, while No 4 has painted brick. Both houses have concrete interlocking tile roofs and rebuilt brick stacks. They are two storeys high, with No 4 on the left consisting of two bays and No 2 having three wide bays.

No 2 has 20th-century small-pane wooden casements, a central three-panel door flanked by bow windows, all under a wooden canopy. The outer bays contain three-light windows, and the two left bays on the first floor have two-light windows. There are two ridge stacks, and an added rear outshut, likely from the 18th century, features a stable door and casements.

No 4 has a 20th-century part-glazed door to the left of a three-light small-pane window, with a similar two-light window above it, the ground floor window featuring a segmented brick arch. There is a ridge stack on the left and a large 20th-century rear addition.

Inside, the party wall between Nos 2 and 4 displays a cruck truss with massive blades. Other sections of later timber framing are visible, particularly at the left end of No 4, which includes a jowelled wall post, tie-beam, collar, principal rafter, front mid rail, and wall-plate. No 2 features a chamfered spine beam with bar and cyma stop, along with chamfered joists in the left room, and a chamfered beam in the right room. The central room also has a chamfered beam. Notably, No 4 was formerly a pub known as "The Sign of the Plough."