The Cottage And Attached Railings

This is an early 19th century house, formerly known as The Cottage, South Weald Village. It is timber-framed, with weatherboarding and rendered sections, and has a low-pitched hipped slate roof. The west front elevation is rendered and designed to resemble ashlar. It has a symmetrical three-window arrangement to the ground floor, with sash windows featuring side lights, glazing bars (1x4, 3x4, and 1x4 panes), and deep triple bracketed shelves below. A simple door with a Greek key frame and six panels (the lower four flush with beaded edges, the upper two glazed) sits between the windows. A wooden verandah with a swept roof, eight trellised uprights, and shallow arcade arches runs across the entire front. Above, there are three similar sash windows with louvred shutters and glazing bars (3x4 panes).

The south end of the house is weatherboarded, with a central stack rising through the roof. There's a 3-light casement window from the early 20th century with a transom and glazing bars (6x5 panes) and a sash window with a moulded architrave and glazing bars (3x4 panes). Above, a similar sash window is found on the first floor. To the east is a set-back projection with a cornice base, iron tubular posts, and a two-story projection, including a 19th-century door with four flush panels and beaded edges.

The rear elevation is weatherboarded with a central two-story projection and a first-floor projection supported by posts. The north side has a large sash window with glazing bars (4x6 panes) on the ground floor, and a sash window with a moulded architrave and glazing bars (3x4 panes) above. The central projection features a two-light casement and a 20th-century casement window with glazing bars (2x2 panes) within an old frame. A sash window is also present on the first floor projection.

Inside, original chimney-pieces with reeded surrounds and corner roundels remain. The front has iron spear-head railings with pine cone terminals that continue with those at the nearby Old Post Office. The house is part of a group including Luptons, Wealdcote and granary, The Post Office, and the Tower Arms.