Holly Cottage

Holly Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, with extensions added in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed and has been weatherboarded and plastered, with a roof covered in handmade and machine-made red clay tiles. The original part of the cottage comprises two bays facing northeast. It has a 19th-century external chimney stack at the left end, one positioned centrally on the axis, and a 19th-century internal stack at the right end, set behind the axis. The main range is one storey in height, with attics. There are 19th-century single-storey lean-to additions at each end, and a single-storey ancillary range to the rear of the right end. A 20th-century wing of one storey with an attic extends to the rear centre, and a 20th-century square extension with a pyramidal roof is located to the rear left. Windows are a mix of 20th-century casements and 19th-century casements within gabled dormers. There is a 20th-century half-glazed front door. Inside, each bay features a chamfered axial beam and plain vertical-section joists supported by bolted clamps in the right bay. A studded partition separates the ground-floor rooms, with three original studs remaining and three having been removed. The roof is a clasped-purlin design with arched collars in the middle of each bay, and there is a winder staircase in the front right corner.