Flintwall Cottage

Flintwall Cottage is a 17th-century house located on the west side of The Street in Thornage. The building is constructed of flint with brick dressings and features a pantile roof. Originally, it comprised two single-cell cottages built at different times. The cottage has two storeys and an attic.

On the south-west front, there is a baffle entrance to the right-hand cell. The left-hand cell has a left gable end stack, a rendered plinth, and coursed flint and brick with a vertical brick quoin joint to the right, topped with a platband of five brick courses, one of which is moulded. The right-hand cell is made of uncoursed flint and lacks a plinth, with a stack now positioned centrally. The door is located beneath a 20th-century pantiled coped canopy. The ground floor windows are set under segmental arches, featuring cast iron frames with cast iron glazing bars and incorporating casements. The upper floor has two 20th-century casements with glazing bars.

To the left, there is a single-storey extension built in a brick and flint mosaic style, with a door on the left and a cast iron casement window to the right, which previously had Gothic-headed lights. The right gable facing the road displays a flint brick mosaic and 18th-century brick above the eaves in stretcher bond, along with a circular late 20th-century attic window.

The rear, or north-west facade, shows coursed flint and brick mosaic on the right side, featuring a dog tooth cornice and platband, while the left side is made of uncoursed flint with a dentil cornice, and the far left is in brick. There are two windows on each storey, along with two raking dormers, all fitted with cast iron casements and glazing bars.

Inside, the right-hand cell (south-east) includes a jewel stopped chamfered bridging beam and tie beam over the fireplace, with a staircase located behind the fireplace. The left-hand cell (north-west) is higher than the right.