Nether Cottage Tudor Cottage

Tudor Cottage and Nether Cottage is a house that dates back to the late 16th century. Originally divided into three units, it is now divided into two. The building has two storeys and features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, topped with a thatched roof and an internal chimney stack. To the west of the stack, the frame is supported by a high brick plinth that reaches the sill of the ground-storey windows. At the rear, there are two late 20th-century two-storey extensions. The windows are modern three-light casements with a single bar, and there is an enclosed gabled porch at Tudor Cottage with a plank door, as well as a similar plank door for the adjoining cottage.

Inside, the framing is of good quality and fully exposed. Tudor Cottage, located on the east side of the stack, consists of three bays and originally had no partitions on either the ground or first storey. The ground-storey ceiling features two very heavy main beams with cross-beams in two bays; in the easternmost bay, the joists are set at right angles to the main beam. All joists are wide, closely set, flat, and unchamfered. There are housings for five-light diamond-mullioned windows in both the front and back walls, along with additional diamond-mullion housings on the upper storey. The roof has trusses with cambered tie-beams and long arched braces, and a side purlin roof. Slightly cranked tension braces are present at the corners of the frame.

In the adjoining cottage, located to the west of the stack, the ground-storey ceiling is very high and shows signs of alterations, although the upper storey retains a similar frame to the rest of the building. It is possible that the chimney stack is an insertion, featuring one large open fireplace with Tudor brick surrounds.