The Church Cottages

The Church Cottages are a house dating back to the 16th century, with an earlier south crosswing likely belonging to a former hall house. The hall range was probably reconstructed in the 17th century but was extensively remodelled with extensions around 1965. The crosswing is timber-framed, while the rest of the house has roughcast masonry walls with exposed timbers on the first-floor front, which are largely decorative. The roof is steeply pitched and covered in red tiles.

The house appears irregular, facing east, with significant extensions to the rear. It has small, flush casement windows, and a front door in the middle of the hall range, flanked by windows, with another window in the small gable above. A large internal chimney serves back-to-back fireplaces at the junction of the hall and the older south-east crosswing. The upper room of the crosswing reveals an original 2-bay crown-post roof. The tie-beam features curved braces and a chamfered square crown-post with slots for braces to a collar purlin; curved braces are also visible in the north wall. Formerly, the undivided upper room would have served as the solar of the original house, likely with an open hall to the north.