Willy Lotts Cottage

Willy Lott's Cottage is a farmhouse that now serves as accommodation for the Field Studies Centre. It dates from the late 16th to 17th century and features a timber-framed structure with a rendered exterior and a plain tile roof. The building has red brick stacks and a brick plinth. It consists of a single-storey and attic range with two bays, a two-storey, two-bay cross wing on the left, and a single-storey cross wing on the right.

The central range has a plank door with an ovolo and hollow-chamfered surround. To the left, there is a cross casement window with leaded lights, while the cross wing features cross casements on both the ground and first floors, along with a similar window on the left return of the single-storey range, which also has a three-light diamond mullion window on the gable end. Additional cross casements and a plank door can be found at the rear. There is a stack between the central range and the two-storey range, with another stack on the right gable end of the central range.

Inside, the central range includes a red brick inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressummer and a bar stop. The space features a chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stops and exposed joists. The room to the right has a deep chamfered beam, a roll-moulded spine beam, and exposed joists. Another red brick inglenook with a chamfered bressummer is present, while the two-storey range has a moulded beam and exposed joists. A closed-string newel stair with an onion pendant leads to the first floor, which shows jowled posts.

The Grade I listing highlights the building's significance as part of the Flatford Mill group and its connection to the artist John Constable. It is leased by the National Trust to the Field Studies Council.