The Cottage And The Cottage West

This property is a house, originally two cottages, dating from the 15th or early 16th century, with a 16th or 17th century cross-wing and 18th century alterations. It is timber-framed. The ground floor is constructed of red and grey brick in a Flemish-style bond, while the first floor is rendered. The cross-wing is chequered red and grey brick to the front. The roof is covered in plain tiles.

The main range is an open hall of two timber-framed bays, with storeyed end bays. A 16th or 17th century cross-wing was added to the left of the storeyed left end bay, aligning flush to the front and projecting slightly to the rear. The main range is two storeys and has a cellar, built on a brick plinth. The cross-wing is two storeys and has attics. There is a gable end jetty to the right. The left gable end of the main range was jettied before the addition of the cross-wing and is now underbuilt. The cross-wing has higher eaves and ridge, with a hipped roof to the front. The roof of the main range is hipped to the right. Brick ridge stacks are visible to the right hall bay and to the left side of the wing. A small hipped dormer is on the cross-wing.

The fenestration is irregular, with five windows: one four-pane sash to the cross-wing, and three three-light casements and one two-light casement to the main range. The ground floor of the main range has two tripartite sashes. A rear door to The Cottage West is positioned to the left. Two half-glazed doors with shallow flat bracketed hoods are on the front of The Cottage, one to the left end of the main range and one under the stack. A rear lean-to is also present. A short, late 19th or early 20th century two-storey red brick addition with a hipped roof is situated to the left side of the cross-wing.

The interior was only partly inspected. A moulded left end-of-hall beam shows evidence of a spear, with a chamfered rectangular doorway below. There are exposed joists to the storeyed left end bay of the main range, indicating evidence for stairs and an end jetty. Gunstock-jowled posts are visible, along with a hollow-chamfered cambered central tie-beam, pegged for heavy-scantling arch braces. An axial tie-beam is located to the right end bay, with solid-spandrel braces. An 18th century corner cupboard is in the left hall bay.