The Cottage

The Cottage is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with renovations and additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. It has a timber frame and is roughcast rendered. The original thatched roof was replaced with a plain tiled roof that is hipped to the left after a fire. There is a gable end stack on the right and a rebuilt ridge stack on the left. The house is two storeys tall and originally had a three-unit plan, with a modified 19th-century rear outshut. The main entrance is located in the rear outshut. There are four ground floor and five first floor 20th-century casement windows with leaded lights. Inside, there are two open hearths, a mantel beam above one hearth, and the floor frame timbers are chamfered with enriched stops. The interior also features a 19th-century tiled floor.