Lord Mayors Cottage

Lord Mayor's Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with a late medieval core and early 19th-century alterations. It features a hall and service cells that are one storey high with attics, alongside a two-storey cross-wing to the left of medieval origin, which has undergone significant changes. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with some of the framing exposed on the exterior. It has a thatched roof with gabled casement dormers and a central chimney made of red and gault brick. The cottage includes 18th and 19th-century casements with leaded lights, featuring panes with arched glazing bars and stained glass in the Gothick style. A fish-scale slated open canopy supported by slender posts and a 19th-century panelled entrance door are also present. Inside, areas of tension-braced studwork and heavy lodged floor joists can be seen in the cross-wing, which may indicate 15th-century work, although there have been significant alterations from the 17th century and later. This site is believed to have been the home of Sir Henry Barton, who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1416 and 1428.