Thatch Cottage

Thatch Cottage is a house from the early 17th century that has been altered in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. The building consists of three bays aligned approximately east to west, featuring an axial chimney stack at the west end of the middle bay. There are 20th-century extensions to the west and south, which have red tiled roofs. The cottage is a single storey with attics and includes one blocked doorway, one 20th-century door with a tiled gabled hood, and four 20th-century casement windows, along with two additional windows in swept dormers. Some of the framing is exposed inside, showcasing jowled posts and curved tension bracing to the corner posts within the studs. The axial beams are plain-chamfered, with exposed joists of horizontal section supported on clamps in all bays. The north wallplate features a face-halved and bladed scarf joint. The original rebated floorboards remain, and a partition has been removed between the eastern and middle ground floor rooms. There is a large wood-burning hearth, although it is not currently in use.