Old Maltsters Cottage

Old Maltsters Cottage is a house dating from the mid-17th century. It has one and a half storeys and a basic two-cell plan, with a third unit added in the 18th century. The cottage is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a straw thatch roof. It features an internal chimney stack with a plain red brick shaft. The windows, dating from around 1950, include two square bays, one located in the north gable, all fitted with diamond-leaded lights. There are two gabled dormers, one on the south slope of the roof and the other on the north. Inside, the framing is exposed, showing widely-spaced studding without a middle rail and straight braces at the corners. The north gable displays an unusual combination of upward-sloping and primary braces, along with bisected studs. The ceiling beams have a small chamfer, and the joists are set on edge, with all original tie-beams cut. The roof over the 17th-century section was renewed in the early 19th century. There is a 19th-century lean-to extension made of flint and red brick on the north side, currently used as a garage, and a flat-roofed mid-20th-century extension on the south. The building is oriented sideways to the road.