Apple Tree Cottage

Apple Tree Cottage is a house located on the south side of Feering The Street, dating from the late 16th century and extended in the 19th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered and weatherboarded, with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The building has four bays facing northwest and includes an axial stack in the second bay from the right end, along with a rear stack in the right bay and a 19th-century extension that creates an L-plan layout.

The cottage is two storeys high, with the ground floor showcasing three early 19th-century sash windows, each with 10 lights. The first floor also has three early 19th-century sash windows, but these have 5 and 10 lights. The entrance features a plain boarded door. The roof has a half-hip gablet at the left end and a full hip at the right end. The front of the cottage is plastered, while the sides and rear of the original house are weatherboarded.

Inside, the left bay is reported to have plain joists arranged longitudinally, now plastered. Between this bay and the next is an open partition made of heavy studs, with the original sill still in place, although some studs have been removed. This bay also includes a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section. There is a 20th-century grate in a large wood-burning hearth that faces to the left, featuring a V-headed salt recess. The mantel beam is chamfered and mitred, with jambs made of 0.33 metre brickwork. The right bay contains a 20th-century grate and an early 19th-century corner cupboard. The roof is constructed with clasped purlins and arched wind-bracing, reusing smoke-blackened medieval rafters.