6 Scarrow Beck

This is a cottage, likely originating in the 16th century, with alterations dating to the 18th and 19th centuries. It appears to be the surviving portion of a larger house. The construction is predominantly red brick in Flemish bond, set on a flint plinth; the front gable end is earlier English bond brickwork also on a flint plinth. The roof is covered with clay pantiles, featuring coped gable ends, kneelers, and a brick eaves cornice. Brick gable end stacks are present, one with a rebuilt shaft and another to the side of an outshut.

The plan reveals a single bay of what was once a larger timber-framed house, with the front (south) gable end being bricked in around 1600. Both the ground floor room and the chamber above are heated by a large stack in the rear gable end, containing a winding staircase leading to the attic. In the 18th or early 19th century, the entire building was clad in brick, and an outshut was added to the left (west) side. A further outshut was constructed at the rear (north) in the later 19th century, and the ground floor room was subsequently subdivided.

The two-storey front is characterized by its south-facing English bond brick gable end sitting on moulded brick and flint plinths. Dating to around 1600, a five-light window with ovolo-moulded brick mullions is present on both floors, with hoodmoulds. These windows retain their original render, mimicking the appearance of stone. A small, blocked window is visible in the gable apex, and a later window opening sits to the left of the ground floor window. A single-storey brick lean-to outshut with tumbled brickwork and a later stack is attached to the left (west) side. The right return side features a 19th-century sash window on the ground floor, a 20th-century casement window above, and a plank door. There is a single-storey brick lean-to outshut to the rear.

Inside, the main ground floor room features a chamfered axial beam and a half-beam in the end wall, positioned over the fireplace. This fireplace has a timber lintel, a bread oven, a 19th-century grate, and a wooden chimneypiece. The chamber fireplace above is plastered and has a splayed back. The rendered brick mullion windows are noted as being particularly well-preserved examples of their type.