The Cottage

The Cottage is a house dating back to approximately 1620, largely rebuilt in the 18th century, and altered around 1920, subsequently divided into two properties. It is constructed of red brick laid in a Flemish bond, with a roof of pan tiles, black-glazed to the front. The building has a lobby entrance plan. The west-facing facade is two storeys high with a four-window range. The ground floor contains three two-light casement windows, the northernmost dating to around 1920, with the remainder from the 18th century. These windows alternate with two doors, both dating to around 1920, the southern one being half-glazed. The first floor has three two-light casement windows to the south, the central one being blocked, and one three-light casement dating to 1920 in the northern bay. A dentil eaves cornice runs along the southern part of the building. A ridge stack is located right of centre. The south gable features a fixed four-paned window on the ground floor and a blocked window above it. The north gable has a small two-light ground-floor casement window. The rear elevation has a full-length outshut, with the northern part dating to 1920 and the remainder to 1820. There are two central stable doors; the left one leads to a wash house containing a boiler oven and copper. A lap-glazed five-light window is present on the south side of the rear elevation, accompanied by two further two-light casements. Inside the north compartment of the outshut is a "Beetonette" kitchen range, dating to 1920. The main house comprises three rooms on the ground floor. The north bay features jowled principal studs, a chamfered middle rail, wattle and daub panels, and arched braces at the first floor level. The central room contains a 1920 fire insert to the left, alongside two 18th-century two-panelled cupboard doors fitted with H hinges. An 18th-century winder staircase is located to the west of the stack, while a straight-flight staircase is found in the north bay, dating to 1920. Various 18th-century plank doors are fitted with strap hinges. The roof space is not accessible.