Pound Cottage

Pound Cottage is a 16th-century cottage built in 1581 by William Brestbone, with an extension of one bay to the west added slightly later. The cottage features a timber frame, is plaster rendered, and has a long straw thatched roof with a single flue red brick ridge stack. It has an original two-bay plan with a narrower bay for the chimney and is one storey high with an attic and one dormer. There are three windows, all from the mid to late 20th century.

Inside, the hall was originally open to the roof, but a floor was inserted in the 17th century. The joists are laid on edge, and there is an original closed truss on each side of the chimney bay, which is made of red brick. The current doorway is slightly east of the original entry, with the framing of the doorway, including the lintel, visible opposite the stack. There is a closed truss between the hall and the bay to the east, extending into the roof space. The framing is uniform, featuring downward bracing and posts with jowled heads. In the eastern bay, the floor frame has flat, unmoulded joists carried on a chamfered clamp, similar to No. 5 High Street, Foxton. The main beam has ogee stop chamfers, while the bay to the west was open to the roof and has similar framing and bracing.