Little Orchard, Little Thatch And Little Oven

Little Orchard, Little Thatch, and Little Oven are a row of three cottages located on Kingham Church Street. They date from the late 17th century, with later additions and alterations; the right cottage was almost entirely rebuilt in the late 20th century. The cottages are constructed from roughly coursed marlstone rubble and feature a concrete tile roof divided into two sections.

The row consists of three builds, with a straight joint between the left and center cottages, while the right cottage is slightly set back. The left and center cottages have three windows on the first floor: a two-light chamfered mullion window with a dripstone on the left, a former two-light mullion window that has had a 19th-century casement inserted in the center, and a small rectangular fixed-light window with leaded latticed lights on the right. The eaves have been raised.

On the ground floor, there is a narrow rectangular window, likely for a winder staircase, on the far left, two 19th-century casements with wooden lintels in the center, and a three-light chamfered mullion window on the right. A plank door on the far right is topped with a 20th-century bracketed flat stone hood. The cottages have integral end stacks, with shafts rebuilt in 20th-century brown brick. There is a semi-circular bread oven projection on the left gable end and a two-light mullion window with a dripstone on the rear left.

Regarding the interior, inspection of Little Thatch and Little Orchard was only possible during the resurvey in August 1987. Little Thatch, the center cottage, features a chamfered spine beam and an inglenook fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel, along with an oak winder staircase to the right in the ground-floor room. The first floor has a chamfered spine beam and a stud partition between rooms. Little Orchard, currently undated, is not considered of special architectural interest.