The Cottage

The Cottage is a Grade II listed Neo-Gothic country cottage built in 1815 for Captain Welstead, R.N. It has one storey and an attic, featuring two gabled wings. The main range has a painted brick exterior with a low-pitched, hipped, thatched roof, while the north-east gabled roofs are plain tiled. The cottage displays three symmetrical stacks, each with four and two diagonal shafts made of local brick. The garden facade is symmetrical, with a central two-storey projecting gabled wing that has a shaped bargeboard and finial. The first floor features a diamond lattice, two-light, casement window with a moulded label, and a small bay window with a tented roof. The main range includes two round-headed former windows, two French windows with round-headed arches and glazing bars in an open verandah on the right side, and a closed verandah on the left. There is a rustic open porch at the north-east main entrance.