Anstey Cottage

Anstey Cottage is a house from the late 17th century, with the year '1663' carved next to a blocked gable window in the east bedroom, likely indicating the date of construction. The building has two storeys and is timber-framed with plaster on the south-facing side, topped by a steeply pitched old red tile roof that is half-hipped on the west side. The east end has likely been altered.

The layout is a symmetrical two-room design with a central lobby-entry plan and a central chimney positioned to accommodate a former staircase next to the front door. There is a red brick external gable chimney from the 18th century on the west side. Originally, the ground floor east room was the only heated space. A later two-storey rear extension includes the staircase and kitchen.

The south front features three windows arranged symmetrically, with three-light 19th-century wooden casements that have small panes. Above the central plank door, there is a two-light window with a bullion-light cut in. Inside, timbers are extensively exposed, showcasing square joists and stop-chamfered axial beams in both ground floor rooms, supported by bold scrolled brackets at the gable walls, and distinctive bar-and-lozenge stops. A central tie beam spans the first floor but is not connected to the three-bay, A-frame, butt purlin roof structure, which has two purlins on each slope. The walls are close-studded on all sides, and there are blocked windows on the first floor to the east and west.