Tudor Cottage

Tudor Cottage is a Grade II listed building located on Stocks Road in Aldbury. Originally two houses, it has now been converted into one. The west wing is likely a remnant of the 16th-century Stocks manor house, while the middle section dates to around 1600, and the south wing was added in the early 20th century for Mrs. Humphrey Ward of Stocks House. The structure features timber frames set on low red brick plinths, with red brick infill panels and plastered panels on the first floor of the south wing. It has steep old red tile roofs, and the west wing shows evidence of having been externally plastered.

The house is a large three-cell structure with a south extension, designed with an internal chimney and a lobby-entry plan. It has two storeys, a cellar, and attics, and is set back from the road, facing east. The gabled parlour crosswing at the north has a ground floor window, two first floor windows, and an attic window. It shares a large internal chimney with the two-storey hall bay, which features a window on each floor and a gabled dormer high on the roof. The narrower bay to the south has a gable rising from the front eaves, with an attic window and one window on each floor below. The lower one-and-a-half storey south extension includes a window on each floor.

The windows are two- and three-light flush casements with lattice leaded glazing on the upper floors, while the ground floor windows are rectangular. There is a tiled gabled porch. Inside, the crosswing boasts a fine brick fireplace with a four-centred arch set in an ovolo-moulded surround, and the hall fireplace features a large wooden lintel. The hall has an axial floor beam and the staircase is positioned at the rear of the chimney stack. On the upper floor, there is an arched brace connecting the tie beam of the framed partition to the south end of the hall.