Bushmoor Cowes

Bushmoor Cowes is a house that has been converted into two cottages. It dates back to the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th century and late 19th century. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a roof of glazed black pantiles. It has four bays facing northeast, featuring a stack from around 1600 in the second bay from the left and a 19th-century external stack at the rear of the right end, which has a lean-to extension with a felt roof. The lean-to extension at the rear of the left end is roofed with asbestos tiles.

The structure is one storey with attics and includes one late 19th-century casement window with a blind Gothick head, one similar blind aperture, and one small fixed light under the eaves. There are also three 19th-century sash windows with three over six lights, and a double casement in a gabled dormer roofed with handmade red plain tiles. The entrances feature a half-glazed door in a gabled porch for Cowes and a half-glazed door with a sidelight and flat canopy for Bushmoor.

Inside, the building has jowled posts and arched bracing set within heavy studding. The left bay contains an early 17th-century inserted floor with a chamfered axial beam featuring lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section supported on pegged clamps. The right end bay retains an original floor with plain joists arranged longitudinally. The walls have been raised approximately 0.60 metres.

The stack includes a large wood-burning hearth facing left, which has been cut back for an inserted stair and features an incomplete bread oven at the rear. There is also a smaller wood-burning hearth facing right, with a blocked aperture for a former bread oven. Internal tiebeams have been removed or severed, and there are good 17th or 18th-century internal battened doors with original latches. The owner possesses a complete series of deeds from the will of John Eley, dated 1749. The property was named Corves in 1764 and became known as Cowes by 1865, while the name Bushmoor was coined in the 20th century.