Bramley Cottage Touchwood

Bramley Cottage and Touchwood is a house dating from the 15th century, which was extended in the 19th century and is now divided into two cottages. The building is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof covered with interlocking concrete tiles. It features a two-bay hall that runs east to west, with a southern aspect, and includes an integral storeyed parlour or solar bay at the west end, along with a 19th-century extension at the east end.

There is a late 16th-century axial chimney stack located in the east bay of the hall, as well as external chimney stacks at both the west and east ends. At the east end, there is a single-storey lean-to extension. The division between Bramley Cottage and Touchwood runs through the axial stack, with each cottage having its own hearth. Most of the original 15th-century hall house is part of Bramley Cottage, while the frame extends approximately 2 metres into Touchwood.

Bramley Cottage is a single storey with attics and features two 20th-century half-glazed doors and five 20th-century casement windows, along with four additional casement windows in gabled dormers. Inside Bramley Cottage, there are jowled posts, heavy studding, and exposed wattle on the west side of the hall/parlour partition. The parlour has lodged plain joists of horizontal section, and a late 16th-century inserted floor in the hall includes a chamfered axial beam and plain joists supported on pegged clamps. The roof timbers show heavy sooting, and while a ceiling obstructs access to the roof, it appears to be of crownpost construction. Some rebuilding has occurred at the sides of the main hearth.

In Touchwood, the main hearth is from the 17th century and features lamb's tongue stops on the mantel beam. One large jowled post is exposed, while another is boxed in.