Box Tree Cottage

Box Tree Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with an extension added in 1713 for George Slater Esq. The building features a timber frame clad in red brick and tile hanging, with additional red brick used for the extension. It has plain tiled roofs. The main block is two storeys high, set on a plinth, with boxed eaves on the left side and a stack at the right end. The windows are regularly arranged, with three glazing bar sashes on the first floor and two on the ground floor to the left, all featuring rubbed and moulded brick heads and moulded brick aprons below the first-floor window. The door, located to the right, consists of six raised and fielded panels, topped with a semi-circular fanlight and a pediment supported by pilasters. Above the ground floor windows, there are three terracotta plaques displaying the Slater Coat of Arms and the date 1713. The earlier section on the right is structurally separate from the 18th-century wing, which is one storey and has an attic with a half-hipped roof and a dormer. This wing includes one glazing bar sash, one wooden casement, and a boarded door to the right. Some of the framing studs are exposed.