Walnut Tree Cottage

Walnut Tree Cottage is a house dating from the 16th century. It is timber framed with wattle and daub, rendered and colourwashed, and has a pantile roof. The building consists of three bays and a chimney bay, with a single storey and attic. The second and third bays form a 16th-century open hall that has had an inserted floor, while the first bay and chimney bay are a 17th-century addition. There is a lower single storey and attic addition to the right. A large axial stack is located to the left, and there is an external stack to the third bay, which is now within the lower end bay addition and has a small shaft attached from the end bay. The cottage features renewed casement windows, ranging from one to three lights, with glazing bars on the window in the lower right end bay. There is a doorway to the third bay and three raking dormers, along with openings to the attic and ground floor on the left return.

At the rear, there is a timber-framed rendered outshut behind bay one, with renewed casements, and a brick casing to the left of the rear of bay three. The interior includes large fireplaces on either side of the chimney bay, with bay one having a higher ceiling and floor, decorative stops on the bridging beam, and front wall plate. The fireplace in bay three is enclosed but has an exposed copper. The additional bay features complete timber framing with reused timbers, straight braces, a cambered sole plate on the east gable end, and an ogee stepped tie beam. The ceiling joist has reused timber with lozenge mortices for mullions. The attic contains upright studs for cell partitions, and the roof has collars and butt purlins, with curved braces to the tie beam between the second and third cells, which are now enclosed. There is an additional lower cell to the east with a two-tier butt purlin roof that has collars but no ridge piece, and gable end struts to the purlins.