Looms Cottage

Looms Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with 19th and 20th century additions. It is timber framed, covered in colourwashed render, and topped with a thatched roof. The building is single storey with an attic and has a two-cell baffle entry plan along with various extensions.

The entrance front, which was originally the rear, features a single storey 19th century addition on the right. This addition includes a cambered-headed half-glazed door on the left and a cambered-headed window with three by three panes on the right. The original 17th century part of the house is to the left of this addition, featuring a plinth made of 20th century bricks with rendered walling above. There is a slightly projecting section on the right that is blank at ground floor level, with a four-light ground floor casement window and a three-light 20th century metal casement window at the far left. The attic has three gabled dormer windows, each with two casement lights.

On the left gable end, there is a lean-to with a three-light 20th century casement window and a single-light window on the first floor. The right gable end has a three-light ground floor casement window on the left, with a 20th century lean-to addition to the right that has a flat roof and a two-light window in the gable. Above this, at ground floor level, there are a two-light window and a single-light casement window arranged closely together in brick walling. To the right of this are a ground floor casement window with four by three panes and a doorway left of centre, along with another two-light window. The attic features two two-light gabled dormer windows, and there is a ridge chimney stack to the right of centre.

Inside, the ground floor displays exposed studded walls with blocked windows, jowled wall posts, and through bracing. The ceiling beams are chamfered with stepped run-out stops, and there is a chimney bressumer of similar design. The first floor also has close studding and angle braces. This house was formerly the residence of the artist Anna Zinkeisen, whose studio is located approximately three yards to the north-east of the cottage.