Forstall Cottage

Forstall Cottage is a house that was formerly a pair of cottages, likely dating from the 16th century. It has been altered and divided into two cottages and underwent restoration between 1990 and 1991. The building features a weatherboarded timber frame set on a stone rubble and brick plinth. It has a steeply pitched plain tile roof with small gablets at both ends of the ridge and a brick axial stack positioned behind the ridge.

The cottage has a two-bay plan, with the right (north) bay being two storeys high and its first floor jettied at the north end. The left (south) bay has been subdivided, likely at a later date. There is a lobby entrance at the center, in front of the central axial stack that heats the right (north) room. This stack appears to have been inserted later, indicating that the left end was originally open to the roof.

The building is two storeys tall and has an asymmetrical east front with four windows. It features 20th-century one and two-light casements with glazing bars. The central doorway is sheltered by a large 20th-century weatherboarded porch with a hipped roof. The symmetrical west elevation at the rear also has four windows, with 20th-century two-light casements on the south end. The north end displays a jettied first floor, supported by jetty beams on curved brackets, and includes a small diamond mullion window on the ground floor.

Inside, the intermediate phase joinery has been removed, and the floor beams and joists have been replaced. The walls reveal exposed sole and wall-plates, with curved tension braces in the end walls and wall posts that have jowled heads. The roof features a two-bay crown post design with tall square crown posts, two-way curved bracing, and many intact common rafters.