4, The Avenue

No. 4 The Avenue is a cottage dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with alterations made in the late 17th century. The building is constructed with a timber frame and has a roughcast render finish. It features a ridge roof covered with pantiles, a red brick stack at the ridge, and a gault brick stack at the gable end on the right side. The cottage is one storey with an attic and has a three-unit lobby entry plan. The front includes a 20th-century door, three ground floor casement windows, and two gabled dormer windows with casements. Inside, there is a timber-framed and plastered chimney with back-to-back hearths that were inserted in brick, including a baking oven dating to around 1700. The interior also has chamfered ceiling beams and a roof made of hedgerow timbers, which is plastered between the rafters and retains some original thatch.