Otters Brook Cottage

Otters Brook Cottage is a house that dates back to the 15th century, with extensions added in the 19th and 20th centuries. The original structure is timber-framed, with rendered and colourwashed brick extensions, and features thatched roofs.

The exterior consists of a three-bay, 15th-century timber-framed house oriented east-west, with the eastern bay incorporated into a 19th-century cross wing. The north front of the original building is two storeys high, supported by heavy principal and corner studs, with a middle rail and wall plate. The upper storey displays exposed secondary studs. There are two ground-floor and two first-floor windows, all of which are late 20th-century timber casements. The west gable end is constructed similarly but has additional curved braces on the upper floor and features one two-light ground-floor window. The south return mirrors the north side, with a three-light casement on the ground floor, a two-light casement on the first floor, and a two-light casement fitted to a later dormer above the wall plate. The roof is hipped, and there is a ridge stack made of 17th-century stretcher bond brick that was formerly the stack for the east gable end.

Attached at right angles to the east of the 15th-century house is a half-hipped 19th-century wing, which includes a nearly full-length outshut to the east. This wing has a late 20th-century plank door beneath a sloping porch roof, with fenestration featuring two- and three-light casements. There is also a gabled dormer on the east roof slope, which contains a two-light casement.

To the north of the 19th-century wing, there is a single-storey late 20th-century gabled extension, and a late 20th-century conservatory is attached to the south end. The interior has not been inspected.