Jericho Cottage

Jericho Cottage is a house dating back to the 17th century, with additions from the early 19th century and alterations in the 20th. It is timber-framed, with plastered and weatherboarded exterior surfaces and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The original 17th-century core comprises two bays, with an early 19th-century external stack at the right end. An original two-bay wing is situated to the rear left, forming an L-shaped layout. A further rear wing, also from the early 19th century, extends to the right, projecting slightly beyond the main range.

The main range is two storeys with attics, while the rear wings are two storeys high. There are modern, single-storey lean-to extensions to the right and rear of these rear wings, covered with corrugated red clay tiles. The front façade displays an 8+8 light pattern of early 18th-century sash windows. A centrally located, moulded six-panel door is protected by a moulded flat canopy supported by profiled brackets, all dating to the early 19th century, and is approached by one stone step. The front and left side are weatherboarded, the remainder being plastered. Newer windows are either sash windows styled after the early 19th century or casements. There are 20th-century half-glazed and six-panel doors, plus a glazed door to the right.

The interior of the original part of the house features a hardwood frame, straight bracing, jointed and pegged studs. A 1989 survey revealed the ground floor had been cleared to create a single space for use as a crafts centre, but had been unused since 1984. The original stack in the front bay of the left rear wing had been removed, and a middle post of the rear wall had been severed, alongside the substitution of much 20th-century hardwood framing for original timbers. A chamfered transverse beam with lamb's tongue stops and plain vertical joists remain on the first floor of the left range. The rear bay of the original rear wing retains a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops and some original plain vertical joists. The first floor structure remains largely intact, with similar chamfered beams and joists, plastered to the soffits. The cottages have clasped purlin roofs with arched collars, undisturbed except for minor alterations in the attic of the front range. Photographs from around 1900 show the house with an original internal stack, a rear stack to the right wing, the current front windows and door, and different windows on the left side.