Chestnut Cottage and Loder's Cottage

Chestnut Cottage and Loder's Cottage are two houses located on the west side of Baulking the Green. Chestnut Cottage, dated 1724 on its quoin, is on the right, while Loder's Cottage is likely older. Chestnut Cottage features uncoursed limestone rubble and squared and coursed chalk walling, with brick window jambs and chalk quoins. Loder's Cottage has coursed limestone rubble walling. Both cottages have a stone slate roof and brick stacks. The layout consists of a two-unit lobby-entry outshut plan that has been extended to three units. The buildings are two storeys high and have a three-window range. Chestnut Cottage has a timber lintel over a 20th-century plank door, a 20th-century porch, and a left gable entry to Loder's Cottage. The windows are 20th-century casements with timber lintels, except for a flat stone arch to the left of the door. The roof is half-hipped with stacks at the left end and ridge. Inside Chestnut Cottage, there are plain chamfered beams and a bressumer over the fireplace.