Flint Cottage Flint House

Flint Cottage and Flint House are two houses located on Wallingford High Street, likely dating from the mid-16th century with later alterations. The buildings are constructed from a mixture of flint and stone, featuring stone dressings and a plain-tile roof. A 20th-century rebuilt brick ridge stack is positioned to the left, accompanied by various brick stacks.

The structure was probably originally a double-ended hall house with cross-wings, as indicated by the continuation of quoins of cross-gables visible on the central first-floor wall. The buildings are two storeys tall with an attic and have a three-window range. To the left of the center, there is a six-panel door with an overlight and a rusticated round-topped stone surround. To the right of the center, there is another six-panel door with a decorative overlight and a flat hood. The left and center windows are tripartite unhorned sashes with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds, while the right features three-light casements with a painted stone surround.

On the first floor, there are three four-light stone mullion and transom windows with hood moulds. The three cross-gables have stone dressings, with the center cross-gable featuring brick dressings that continue into the first-floor wall. The left and right cross-gables have two-light stone mullion windows, the left one having a hood mould, while the center has a three-light stone mullion window.

At the rear, there is significant timber framing with some angle bracing on the first floor and painted infill. The interior has undergone 20th-century alterations to create a museum, with areas of timber framing still visible. Flint Cottage is noted for having portions of a canted bay window with diamond mullions.

To the right, there is a single-storey wing with a two-window range, likely dating from the late 18th century. This wing is made of red brick with flared headers in Flemish bond and has an old plain-tile roof. The site was granted in 1546 to John Norreys.