Culpeper Cottage

Culpeper Cottage is an 18th-century cottage, formerly divided into two dwellings, with a mid-19th-century lean-to extension to the north-east. A rear extension added in the 1980s is not of significant architectural interest.

The cottage is timber-framed and clad in weatherboarding, with a gabled tiled roof and an off-centre brick chimneystack. Stretcher bond brickwork forms the base of the north-east and south-east sides.

The cottage is two storeys high and has three windows. Originally, the main part contained two rooms on the ground floor and three on the first floor, although a partition on the first floor was later removed. The 20th-century rear extension houses the staircase and bathroom.

The north-west, or entrance, front has three 20th-century casement windows and a half-glazed door positioned at the east end, sheltered by a penticed porch. The south-west end features a tripartite casement window in the gable and a large casement window on the ground floor. The north-east end has no windows in the lean-to extension, but a 20th-century casement window is visible in the rear, flat-roofed extension. The south-east side has a two-storey, flat-roofed extension with two uPVC casement windows.

Inside, the entrance opens directly into the north-eastern kitchen, which has exposed original softwood ceiling beams, previously concealed. Applied beams are on the wall framing, and the original north-east end wall, which was removed to accommodate the lean-to, is supported by square wooden piers. The original fireplace has been removed. The south-eastern ground floor living room has 20th-century ceiling beams and a 20th-century brick fireplace with a wooden shelf. The staircase, in the 1980s rear extension, is a straight flight of traditional design with moulded balusters, a column newel post, and a ball finial. The first-floor landing has three four-panelled 19th-century doors. Wallplates are visible in the bedrooms, along with thin purlins in the south-eastern bedroom. The roof retains a few original rafters, but largely consists of 20th-century softwood rafters, a ridge piece, and a steel A-frame.