Elm Cottage And Wall Cottage

Elm Cottage and Wall Cottage are two cottages located on Woolstone Church Lane. Elm Cottage dates from the 17th century, while Wall Cottage was built in the late 18th century. The cottages are constructed from squared chalk brought to course, with chalk quoins, a sarsen base, and brick buttresses on Wall Cottage. They feature thatched roofs and brick stacks. Elm Cottage has a two-unit plan, while Wall Cottage has a one-unit plan. Both cottages are one and a half storeys high and have a three-window range. Timber lintels are present over 20th-century casements and doors. Under the eaves of Elm Cottage, there are chalk blocks cut and shaped to create circular and lozenge patterns with sarsen infill. The roof has a single ridge stack and a 19th-century lateral stack at the rear of Elm Cottage, which has a half-hipped roof. Inside Elm Cottage, there is a chamfered bressumer over the fireplace, a chamfered and stopped beam in the left-hand room, a timber-framed partition, and a two-bay closed collar-truss with central access. There is also an extension at the rear of Elm Cottage made of artificial stone and concrete tiles.