Knellers Cottage

Knellers Cottage comprises a pair of attached houses, now divided into five dwellings. The core of the building dates back to the 17th century, with substantial extensions and a new facade added in the early 18th century (to numbers 7 and 9) and the late 18th and early 19th centuries (to numbers 11 and 15). Later 20th-century alterations have occurred, including the rebuilding of number 15A, which is not considered to be of special interest. The construction combines surviving 17th-century timber-framing with plastered wattle and daub infill, red brick in Flemish bond, and a plain tile roof with brick stacks.

The building is two storeys high, with a partial attic, and has four bays. The two leftmost bays are the oldest and are set back with parallel wings to the rear left; 20th-century additions to the rear are not of special interest. A straight joint is visible between numbers 9 and 11. There is a plat band around the building. The ground floor of the two leftmost bays is rendered and incorporates two small-pane, three-light windows and a late 20th-century gabled hood above an old door with four raised and fielded panels in a roll-moulded architrave. The remaining bays have a late 20th-century door within an open gabled porch and are flanked by similar three-light windows. Further windows, also of three and two lights, are present on the upper floor. Moulded wooden eaves run along the top of the building. The roof is hipped at the left end and features two gabled dormers, each containing a two-light, eight-pane wooden casement. A multiple-flue brick stack stands at the junction of numbers 9 and 11, with a rebuilt stack in the rear left corner.

The rear elevation features two older wings with hipped roofs, a 20th-century lean-to addition, a first-floor inserted window, and a bricked-up window.

Inside number 7, original features remain, including old two-panel doors, exposed encased beams, wide floorboards, and corner fireplaces on each floor (located to the rear left of the front room). Number 9 showcases exposed timber framing to the rear and left-hand partition walls, along with roof timbers including an open truss, a collared queen-post truss, and butt and through purlins. A shallow dog-leg wooden staircase with a polygonal finial to the newel, turned balusters and a moulded handrail is also present. A first-floor fireplace and an old panel door with strap hinges at the base of the attic stair are further features. The interiors of numbers 11 and 15 were not inspected, but appear to have old beams and a timber-framed rear wall.