Bonks Hill Cottage

Bonks Hill Cottage is an early 18th-century building, with the initials 'GW 1724' inscribed on the fireplace lintel in the ground floor south room, suggesting it may have been remodeled from an older structure. The cottage features a one and a half storey cross wing at a lower level on the north side, and underwent Gothic remodelling in the early 19th century on the west and north elevations. There is also a modern half hipped wing on the east front.

The house is timber framed and plastered, topped with a steep gabled thatched roof that has a wide verge overhang with boarded soffits supported by small brackets. Tiled gabled dormers are present on the wall plate. The west front showcases early 19th-century Gothic elements, including sinuous bargeboards and finials on the dormers, as well as moulded labels and margin lights on the sash and casement windows. The north cross wing features cusped and pierced brackets on the vergeboards, with spiky moulded pendants at the foot and apex. A modern leaded casement window has been installed in a blocked central door.

A chimney is located on the west slope of the cross wing, adjacent to the main block. On the north side, there is an impressive tiled gabled wooden Gothic porch, complete with pendants, sinuous bargeboards, and cusped side lights around the door, which is now blocked by a casement window. To the right, there is a later 19th-century timber open tiled porch. An extension with a red brick chimney is situated in the re-entrant angle on the east side, and an external lateral chimney is found on the south end near the corner.

Inside, the cottage retains some plank doors and chamfered axial beams in the centre and south rooms, which are arranged in a three-room line plan with a large chimney between the southern rooms. The north cross wing is a later addition. The overall appearance is picturesque. The area next to the house was formerly a nursery and may have connections to the Rivers family, who owned Bonks Hill House located to the north, which was more accessible before the road was cut through in the 19th century.