Ardgowan The Cottages

Ardgowan The Cottages is a row of three cottages, originally built in the 16th or 17th century. The cottages are constructed with cruck framing and limestone rubble, featuring wooden lintels and a thatched roof with brick stacks. The building has two single-unit plans and one two-unit plan, rising to one storey plus attics. The front is irregular, with a three-light casement window in the far left bay and two-light casements in the other three bays, each with a two-light dormer above. The third bay includes a wide plank door, while the fourth bay has an additional small window. The roof is topped with two ridge stacks and a gable stack on the left. Inside, the second unit has a winder stair and a cruck frame, which may be a base cruck, featuring arched braces to the tiebeam. Ardgowan, which comprises bays three and four, contains at least one cruck frame.