Hop Cottage

Hop Cottage is a pair of attached cottages, now functioning as one house, dating from the 17th to 18th century. The building has been extended and altered in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is plastered and weatherboarded, with a straw thatch roof. The main range faces northwest and has an external stack at the right end, along with a single-storey lean-to extension beyond, which is roofed with handmade red clay pantiles. There is a similar extension to the left and another to the left rear, added around 1980, also roofed with 20th-century red clay pantiles. The building is one storey with attics, featuring only one 20th-century casement window at the front and two old plain boarded and ledged doors that may be original. The dado is weatherboarded. The remaining windows are 20th-century casements, with two large gabled dormers at the rear and a similar dormer in the left extension. There are two plain boarded and ledged doors at the rear, one of which is in the lean-to extension on the right.

Inside No. 5, immediately upon entering, there is an unusual wooden screen that is quadrant in plan, made of boards nailed to curved ribs, which is a rare feature deserving special care. The interior also has rebated elm floorboards. The property has deeds dating back to 1858, and it is depicted in Chapman and Andre's map of 1777. The plain front elevation of Hop Cottage significantly contributes to the building's overall quality, warranting careful conservation.