Old Church Cottage

Old Church Cottage is a house that was formerly a shop, dating from the late 16th century, with additions and alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is timber framed and weatherboarded, topped with a plain tile roof. It consists of two timber-framed bays, which may be part of a larger structure. The cottage is two storeys high with a garret, set on a rendered plinth and features a gabled roof. There is a brick ridge stack located to the left of the center, at the right end of the left bay. The windows are irregularly arranged, with two leaded casements: one two-light on the left and one three-light on the right.

To the right, there is an 18th-century single-bay addition, which is painted brick and has a plain tile roof. This section features a tall red brick stack on the front slope of the roof towards the center, a small gabled rear dormer, and a three-light segmental-headed casement window on the ground floor at the rear. There is also a single-storey 19th-century painted brick extension that projects forward from the 18th-century section, matching its width. This extension has a half-hipped roof at the front and a slightly bowed multipane shop window at the gable end, with a panelled door to the left of the shop window.

Inside, the 16th-century section displays exposed framing with broad curved tension braces, chamfered axial beams, and shaped jowls on the principal posts. There is a plain brick fireplace, likely from the 17th or early 18th century, located on the right side of the stack. The roof features clasped purlins with windbraces and diminishing principal rafters, which have been largely re-assembled in the 19th century, along with a ridge-piece. The 18th-century section includes a semi-circular brick fireplace. The building was formerly known as The Hill Tea Room and is marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Church Hill Cottage. It is adjacent to the churchyard on the left and rear sides.