Chestnut Cottage

Chestnut Cottage is a former farmhouse dating from the 16th century and mid-17th century. The building has two storeys and part of an attic, arranged in a three-cell form. It is constructed of timber framing with a rendered finish and covered with black glazed pantiles. An internal chimney stack features a plain red brick shaft. The cottage has old casement windows with pintle hinges, including three three-light windows and one small two-light window on the upper floor, as well as three three-light windows with a transom on the ground floor. There are two 20th-century plank doors located under a lean-to roof also covered with pantiles.

The timber frame appears to consist of two, possibly three, separate sections, indicating later alterations to the layout. The two central bays have only the main beam exposed. To the right of the chimney stack, the parlour features plain unchamfered joists and a main beam with very widely cut ovolo-moulding and damaged leaf-stops. The main posts are very small, and the ceiling does not appear to be inserted. A plain timber lintel is present above the fireplace. In the room above the parlour, there is an original upper ceiling with the same moulding, a fireplace with a brick arch decorated with plaster rustication, and arched braces on the long and side walls. The roof above this section is divided into two bays, featuring clasped purlins and arched windbraces, with one in each bay sloping towards the stack. At the extreme left, a 17th-century addition incorporates reused timbers, primary braces, and bisected studs, along with a chamfered main beam that has a scroll-stop and groove, and unchamfered joists.