St Johns Cottage And St Johns Farm Lodge

St John's Cottage and St John's Farm Lodge are a house, originally a farmhouse, now subdivided, dating to the late 16th or early 17th century. It has undergone alterations in the late 18th, mid 19th, and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of stone rubble with red brick dressings, brick chimney stacks, and a tiled roof. It has a roughly L-shaped layout.

No. 14 has three hipped dormers to the front elevation, along with two cambered casement windows with leaded lights. A 20th-century curved weather hood covers the early 19th-century six-panelled door, the top two panels of which are glazed. The south gable is faced with ashlar, featuring coping, one kneeler, a blocked-in stone mullion, and one metal-framed casement. The north gable has rendered sections with wattle and daub, alongside stone rubble; it incorporates a 20th-century casement window and a 19th-century door. The west front exhibits an early 19th-century gabled brick dormer with a 16-pane sash, a late 19th-century gabled dormer with two cambered sashes without glazing bars, and three 20th-century small hipped dormers. The ground floor features a 20th-century metal-framed casement, a central late 19th-century three-light casement, and a 20th-century French window. A deep plinth runs along the base of the structure.

Inside, the parlour contains a 4-centred stone fireplace with elongated spandrels, and a probable spice cupboard to the side. A spine beam with a 2½ inch chamfer and lamb's tongue stops is visible, along with chamfered floor joists. A partition wall displays square framing. A 4-panelled door with L-shaped hinges is also present. The dining room preserves a late 16th or early 17th century moulded wooden doorcase surround. The kitchen exhibits a 3-inch chamfered beam with no stops, a concealed fireplace, and a 19th-century cupboard door with an elaborate ventilation grille. A bedroom above the parlour features a stone fireplace with a wooden lintel, while another bedroom retains an early 19th-century pine surround. The roof structure incorporates angled queen struts and staggered purlins.

No. 16 features an early 17th-century three-light ovolo moulded window to the south front, alongside a 20th-century dormer and a 20th-century porch. The north front has three 20th-century dormers and five ground-floor windows, including one casement, one mid-19th-century sash with six panes and horns, and three 20th-century sashes. No. 16 was re-roofed in the 20th century and retains 19th-century doors. Records suggest that at the end of the 19th century, the cook and gardener of Appley Hall resided here.

A second description refers to a two-storey, C17 house constructed of stone rubble with red brick dressings and old tile roofs. It has four, two-light casement windows, dating to the 19th century. First-floor windows break through the eaves as dormers, and a plain cottage door is present.