Chestnut Cottage

Chestnut Cottage is a house dating from the early 17th century and 18th century. It has two storeys in some parts and one-and-a-half storeys in others, and it is positioned sideways to the road. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a pantiled roof. An internal chimney stack with a plain red brick shaft separates the higher and lower sections of the house. There are three-light casement windows with a single bar, and a gabled dormer on each side of the eastern half. A 20th-century door is located in a small lean-to extension on the south side. Inside, the room to the west of the chimney stack features an ovolo-moulded main beam and joists set flat, along with a reconstructed fireplace that has a timber lintel. On the upper storey, there is evidence that the roof has been raised. To the east of the chimney stack, there are less substantial 18th-century ceiling beams. Although the roof timbers are all covered, the eastern half of the building likely has an earlier core.