The Thatched Cottage

The Thatched Cottage, formerly known as Lovells Farm Cottage, is a cottage dating from the late 15th century, with encasement from the 18th century and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a cruck timber frame, painted brick, and rendered cob encasing, along with a rendered addition and a thatched roof. The building is one and a half storeys high and has three bays, with a 20th-century wing added to the rear in the center.

On the front facing the road, there are irregular 18th and 19th-century two-light casement windows in each bay, with two in the center bay, above which is a two-light casement in an eyebrow dormer from the 18th century, while the rest are from the 20th century. The roof is half-hipped, and the surviving upper part of the cruck is exposed at the right end.

Inside, there are two almost complete cruck trusses that are exposed. These full crucks feature a diagonally set ridge piece, a collar, and a tie-beam that extends to support the wall plate. The diagonally set purlin is scarf jointed at the trusses and cut into the blade. Most of the top surfaces of the blades have been replaced, and curved braces run from this part of the blade to the purlin. During 20th-century restoration, remains of a smoke hood were discovered against the right of the center truss when the 18th-century stack was taken down. The flooring dates from the 17th century and includes chamfered beams and joists.