Elm Cottage And Pottery Cottage

Elm Cottage and Pottery Cottage are a house, originally one dwelling, now divided into two, dating back to the early 17th century. The building has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed with plastered walls and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house has five bays facing northwest, with two axial chimney stacks. A rear wing extends to the right of the centre, and a 19th-century lean-to extension with a slate roof sits to the right of this wing. A 20th-century single-storey extension with a slate roof is at the rear of the left chimney stack, and a 20th-century entrance block is situated in front of the same stack. The house is two storeys high, with a four-window front featuring early 19th-century sash windows, each with 16 lights and some crown glass. A glazed door serves as the entrance for Elm Cottage, situated to the left of the front extension, while Pottery Cottage has a six-panel door with glazed upper panels, set within a gabled porch on the right return wall. The left chimney stack has rebuilt diagonal shafts at the top. Interior features include jowled posts, face-halved and bladed scarfs in wallplates, and one axial beam with lamb’s tongue stops, while the others are boxed in. The left chimney stack contains a large wood-burning hearth with a 20th-century grate facing to the right; the right stack features a 20th-century grate facing to the left.