The Almonds Including The Cottage

The Almonds, including the Cottage, is a former farmhouse that has been divided into two dwellings. It dates from the late 16th century, was extended in the early 18th century, and re-faced around 1900. The building features a timber frame, with a brick facade at the front and rendered walls at the rear, topped by a corrugated tile roof. It has two storeys and a modern facade that incorporates six 18th-century mullion and transom window frames with single metal casements. The ground floor openings have skewback concrete lintels with raised keystones. The south gable end, dating from the late 17th century, has two blocked oval windows. There is a rear lean-to that showcases 17th-century brickwork, and other attached outbuildings are not of special interest. The structure has one off-centre axial stack and one gable-end stack.

Inside, the timber frame consists of heavy scantling with wide chamfers and stepped run-out stops. It features jowled wallposts and slightly cambered ties, along with one surviving arched brace. There is a 17th-century added bay with ogee and nicked stops, and four repositioned late 17th-century wavy stair balusters. The roof has been modernized.