Myrtle Cottage

Myrtle Cottage is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, located in Hethersett Lynch Green. It is a timber-framed building, later rendered and colourwashed, with brick sections and a plain tile roof. The house comprises two distinct builds, each consisting of two cells and a single-storey attic. The openings were renewed around 1984 with replica oak mullioned frames, wrought iron casements, and replica 17th-century latches with lattice leaded lights.

The eastern facade presents a lower, 16th-century build to the left, constructed with timber framing, rendering, and colourwashing. It features a renewed brick plinth, a three-light casement opening to the left, a doorway to the centre left, and a 19th-century cross casement to the right. Two gabled roof dormers are present, with three-light casements; the left dormer was replicated in 1983 to match the right dormer. To the right is a higher, 17th-century build constructed with Flemish bond brick, a sawtooth cornice, and a crowstepped gable to the right. This section has a lobby entrance with a chimney bay and an axial stack to the left, a brick plinth with a rounded cap, four cross casements to the ground floor, and two gabled roof dormers with two-light casements. The date 1729 has been renewed on the gables. A central gabled porch with a ledged and battened door, both dating from around 1983, is also present. The right return gable is in English bond and is older than the main facade, featuring a flint base and projecting slightly east and west. An opening with leaded lights is present in the earlier gable. The rear of the building exhibits a sawtooth cornice with some coloured headers and three openings, along with an extension to the right.

Inside the 16th-century build, there are two cells separated by a studded partition. The south gable end displays curved braces for tie beams, vertical studs, and a small, now blocked, ground-floor opening with wrought iron lozenge bars, a renewed wood mullion, and some wattle and daub infill. A 17th-century inserted floor includes lambs tongue chamfer stops to the bridging beams. The attic has a queen post to the central partition and a two-tier roof with added collars. The roof structure includes diagonal braces, 42 cm chestnut floorboards, and a doorway to the 17th-century build to the right, revealing tie beam cut with two large dovetail joints. The 17th-century build incorporates a large stack with a salt cupboard and a right cell of l½ bays, with both nicked and plain bar stops to the chamfers of the beams. The attic has a three-tier roof with tennoned butt purlins and collars, some braces to the second tier, large wall plates, gable end ties, and ties to either side of the stack.