The Dumb Flea

The Dumb Flea is a cottage that was formerly a public house, dating from the 18th century, with extensions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame, is rendered, and has a long straw thatch roof that is half-hipped at the left end. There is a ridge stack made of red brick with two flues. The building has a single range, two-bay layout with a lobby entry plan, and is one storey high with an attic. The front has two original dormers, while a late 20th-century dormer is located at the rear. There are two small casement windows on either side of the doorway leading to the lobby entry. An early 19th-century addition made of clay bat rests on a brick plinth and is thatched; this was used as a cellar when the cottage served as a beer house. Inside, there are abutting inglenook hearths made of soft red brick, one of which originally had a bread oven and both feature salt ledges. The framing is exposed with varied scantling and straight bracing, although the floor in the end bay is modern. In the garden, there is a 19th-century timber-framed barn with a long straw thatch roof, consisting of two bays.