Bailiffs Cottage

Bailiffs Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the 16th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame, which is partly rendered and painted, along with clay tile roofs and stone and brick chimney stacks. The building has a two-bay box-frame design and stands one and a half storeys high, with an extension to the northwest that includes a single one and a half storey bay from the 18th or 19th century, as well as a later single-storey projection. A gabled staircase addition from the 1950s is located on the southwest front and contains the current entrance door, which is situated beneath a modern part-glazed canopy.

The entrance front is rendered and painted, featuring two and three-light modern UPVC casement windows in previous openings on the ground floor, along with two raking dormer windows above. The rear elevation showcases an exposed timber frame with rectangular panels, a mid-rail, and diagonal braces, with panels infilled with modern painted brick. There are three 20th-century ground-floor windows and two two-light gabled dormer windows above. The external chimney, made of stone and brick, has tiled flanks and a brick stack on the southeast gable. The original northwest end stack is now encased, and a secondary ridge stack has been added.

Inside, there is evidence of wall timber up to the wall-plate level. The roof features diagonal wind-bracing to the purlins in both bays, although the upper part of the roof was not inspected. A massive stack at the northwest end of the original building has a blocked fireplace opening, but the line of the lintel is visible beneath the plaster. The southeast fireplace is smaller, with a timber lintel and modern brick linings. The northwest bay contains a stout, chamfered beam, and the partition between the two ground-floor bays has been removed. The original stair has also been removed, and a plank entrance door on strap hinges is now located within the 1950s staircase addition. The cottage has group value with the adjacent listed building, The Old Stable, and the attached barn.