Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a cottage, possibly an early parsonage, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of timber framing, wattle and daub, brick, rendered and colourwashed surfaces, and has a thatched roof. The building is L-shaped and comprises three builds. It was originally a hall-house with 1½ storeys and axial stacks to each arm, rebuilt in the mid-19th century.

The 16th-century wing projects to the right, with a gable end facing the church. The ground floor is brick with a 19th-century canted bay window with casements and a tile roof. The first floor is timber-framed with curved braces and a small four-light opening. The attic has a small, blocked opening with a wooden mullion. Fretwork bargeboards with drop finials are visible at the eaves, dating from around 1846.

The right return to the east is in two parts: the first floor is timber-framed. A bay to the left features a tiled-roof bay window and a small window in the chimney bay to the right. A bay to the right has a jettied first floor and a hipped roof. A central doorway has pintle hinges either side, and casements. The left return to the west is mostly rendered, but with some brick in English bond. A 19th-century round stack shaft in red brick is present, featuring decorative spirals and a cusped cap. The central facade has a forward plinth and a blocked doorway to the chimney bay; the first floor has small three-light casements with a hood mould under a central gable with fretwork bargeboards.

A 17th-century range forms the lobby entrance to the west, with a gabled 19th-century wooden porch to the chimney bay, featuring fretwork sides and arch, and a renewed boarded door. A small gable to the chimney bay is similar to the left return of the forward wing, with a blank single light under a hood mould. A bay to the right has four-light casement openings to each floor.

The left gable end has fretwork bargeboards sweeping low to the left. The ground floor has a canted bay window, mirroring that on the south gable, while the first floor has a double casement under a hood mould.

Inside the forward wing to the south there is a large, enclosed inserted stack, creating a present-day fireplace. A timber-framed partition is situated 75cm behind the stack, along with an inserted floor and a low tie beam. The roof to the rear of the east wing exhibits rafters resting upon purlins. The west wing incorporates a large fireplace – rebuilt but containing a bressumer with a rough ¼ moulding and lambs tongue stops to the bridging beam.