Cripps Cottage

Cripps Cottage is a house dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, constructed from limestone rubble with squared quoins and timber lintels, topped with a thatched roof and brick stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high. The front has four windows and a central door, flanked by two added raking buttresses, with two-light casements above. To the right, there are two bays featuring regular casements, including two with old frames and leaded lights. The bay to the left appears to be later and has irregular casements, with a small casement on the first floor aligned with the stack. The roof is hipped to the left, with stacks positioned to the left of centre and at the right gable. The rear of the cottage has a pair of doorways beneath a thatched canopy, along with additional casements, one of which has a heavy frame. Inside, the first-floor structure is heavy, featuring a massive stack with a flanking winder stair, an open fireplace with a heavy bressumer, and a replicated Tudor-arched moulded-stone fireplace. Cripps Cottage is also noted for its appearance in R.D. Blackmore's novel "Cripps The Carrier."