The Cottage

The Cottage is a pair of cottages that have been combined into one dwelling, dating from the 16th or 17th century. The building features a rendered timber frame and brick construction with a thatched roof. It has a three-cell lobby entrance type plan and lean-tos at the gable ends. The facade is one and a half storeys high with irregular window placements. On the left side, there is a brick bay with a plank door that has a hood above it, followed by two leaded casements. There are also three-light leaded windows with two additional two-light leaded windows positioned low in the upper storey, along with another plank door with a hood. The roof includes two eyebrow dormers fitted with Gothic leaded casements. The building has an off-centre axial stack and an external gable end stack on the right side, which is part of the timber frame gable wall. The left gable wall is made of colour-washed brick. Inside, some timber framing is exposed, and there is a heavy chamfer with a broach stop on the transverse beam in the ground floor room. A five-light diamond mullion window is located at the rear, and the lintel of a window set low in the upper floor shows mortices for mullions. The interior also features one set of queen posts.