Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a building that dates from the 16th century, with alterations from the 17th and 18th centuries. It has multiple construction phases, with the core being a late medieval hall. There is a north wing, which has been altered, and a late south wing. At the rear of the north end, there is an attached barn from the 18th century, along with some minor modern additions at the back.

The front of the cottage is two storeys high and features irregular window placements under an old hipped tile roof. The centre of the building has a large exposed timber frame, with the upper section jettied above a moulded board. The ground floor has brick-nozzled close verticals and almost continuous windows in the upper part, including an original mullioned light, a mullioned and transomed bay, a later mullioned window, and a brick-filled frame that ends at the north side with a Tudor doorway that has an old boarded door.

On the south side, there is later exposed framing on the first floor above modern brickwork, which is also seen on the north side, although this side conceals an older full-height interior with three bays. The barn features a quoins post frame with aisles of six bays and modern dormer-like windows. Inside, the oldest part includes a ground floor room with an inserted ceiling and a large fireplace, some 17th-century panelling, Tudor door frames, and a panelled door. The upstairs has an exposed Queen post truss, and the windows are modern casements.

Historically, the building served as a priest's house, then as a tithe barn, later becoming a malthouse, and eventually a National School.