Cottage And Country Gardens

This building, known as the Cottage and Country Gardens, is a house that has been converted into a shop and residence. It dates from around 1600, with extensions added in the early 17th century and alterations made in the 20th century. The structure is timber framed, with a plastered and weatherboarded exterior, topped with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles.

The main part of the building consists of two bays facing south, featuring a stack at the rear of the left bay. There is an early 17th century two-bay wing at the rear of the right bay, which includes an external stack at the back right. Minor extensions have been made to the rear, which were subject to a planning application in May 1987.

On the ground floor, there is a late 19th century tripartite sash window with two lights on each side, along with a 20th century shopfront designed in an early 19th century style beneath a shallow full-length jetty. A half-glazed door with a plain overlight is also present. The first floor features two early 19th century sash windows with 16 lights each, made of crown glass. The roof is hipped on the right side, and there is a weatherboarded dado on part of the right return.

The rear elevation is weatherboarded and includes two early 19th century sash windows with 16 and 24 lights respectively, also made of crown glass, on the first floor. A rear door is constructed from re-used hardwood floorboards. The building has an underbuilt jetty in addition to the shallow jetty visible from the outside, although the bressumer is missing.

Inside, there is a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain joists of vertical section. A wide wood-burning hearth features a mantel beam that is chamfered with lamb's tongue and notch stops. An inserted post is located in the middle of the shop. In the rear wing, there is a chamfered binding beam on ledged posts, a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue and notch stops, and plain joists of vertical section, with 19th century brick nogging in the left wall. The wide wood-burning hearth at the rear was reduced around 1800.

On the first floor of the main range, the framing of the crosswing to the left is exposed, showcasing trenched curved bracing that is smoke-blackened from the hall that once occupied this site. There is an 18th century inserted hearth with a curved back, and the mantel beam is unchamfered as it was originally covered by a missing fire surround. Above the right bay, there is a chamfered axial beam with step stops at one end, which has been re-used. The roof has been rebuilt.