Hillwatering Cottage

Hillwatering Cottage is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It has a timber-framed structure that is rendered, with a hipped thatched roof. The building is 1½ storeys tall, and there is an addition on the left side that has a lower roof-line. The main range consists of three cells with a lobby entrance. The internal chimney stack features three short attached square shafts set diagonally on a rectangular base.

The cottage has three gabled dormers with plain bargeboards and finials, each containing 2-light small-paned casement windows. On the ground floor, there are three 3-light small-paned casement windows with arched heads to their frames and surrounds, along with a similar window in the extension. The front door is framed with a 20th-century arched doorframe and has a plank door.

Inside, the timbers are exposed, showing good studding in the main structure, although there is no middle rail to the frame and arched braces at the corners. The internal stack has two back-to-back hearths with plain timber lintels, and the lower section on the left, which was extended in the mid-20th century, contains another open fireplace that was originally part of an end stack. There are indications in the frame that all or part of the house may have originally been single-storey before being raised to two storeys in the later 17th century. The main beams feature curved stops with bars. Part of the roof at the right end is visible, showing clasped purlins and no principals, with assembly marks present on the wallplate.