Mallard Cottage

Mallard Cottage is a house dating from the early 17th century, with an 18th-century extension to the right and a mid-20th-century extension at the rear. The building has two storeys and features a two-cell end-chimney plan with a cross-passage entrance. It is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof and an external end chimney made of red brick, which is mainly coated in bitumen and may have been rebuilt in the 18th century. The cottage has mid-20th-century small-pane casements and a boarded entrance door located within a gabled porch. This house is a well-preserved example of a 17th-century two-cell design. The studwork shows evidence of windows that once had sliding shutters. The first floor is clamped and features substantial joists set on edge, which are unchamfered. Originally, the first storey was undivided, except for an arch-braced clasped-purlin roof. There is an open lintelled fireplace in the hall. The one-storey 18th-century extension to the right has three bays and was possibly constructed for non-domestic use, featuring primary-braced studding and reused main components.