Palm Cottage

Palm Cottage is a house that was formerly two cottages, dating back to the 16th century, with later alterations. It features a timber-framed structure, with the ground floor built in stone and the first floor rendered, showcasing exposed studs and principal posts. The left gable end is weatherboarded. The building consists of four timber-framed bays arranged at right angles to the road and stands two storeys tall.

On the south elevation, there is a higher midrail to the second bay from the left. The building has a rear stack to the left and a projecting stone stack with a brick flue on the right gable end. The fenestration is irregular, with four casements: a two-light window in the left end bay, another in the second bay from the left, and a shallow 16th-century three-light oriel window on shaped brackets in each of the remaining bays, featuring diamond mullions and subsidiary mullions. There is a half-glazed door in the third bay from the left and a ribbed door with a top light in the left end bay. A rendered and weatherboarded lean-to is located at the rear to the left.

Inside, the cottage retains exposed framing. There is an unjowled principal post on the first floor to the south, positioned within one foot of the west gable end. The east gable end features a chamfered stone fireplace, while a lightly-chamfered stone fireplace, likely from the 18th century, is located at the rear of the left end bay, projecting into the lean-to. The roof includes three plain crown-posts at the left end, each with only one foot brace and one head brace, and clasped purlins, possibly from the 18th century, supporting the rest of the roof. The doors are made of board.