2 And 3, Manor Cottages

2 and 3 Manor Cottages are two attached cottages located in Kelmscott. No. 2, the left cottage, dates from the late 17th century and has undergone later additions and alterations. It is constructed from uncoursed limestone rubble and features a stone slate roof, standing two storeys high with an attic. The cottage has 20th-century casements with concrete lintels, with two on the first floor and one in the center on the ground floor. There is a three-light raking dormer on the right side of the roof slope. The entrance is on the right, accessed through a plank door with a glazed panel at the top, sheltered by a shallow-pedimented hood supported by wooden posts. An external end stack is also located on the right, with the top rebuilt in red brick. There is a lower range at right angles to the rear on the left, which is actually part of No. 3, featuring an integral end stack with a red brick shaft and a lean-to attached to the rear.

No. 3, the right cottage, is from the early 17th century and was extended around 1670, as indicated by a datestone, with later additions and alterations. It is built from roughly coursed rubble alternating with regularly coursed blocks, creating a banded stone effect, and has a stone slate roof. This cottage is one storey high with an attic. A three-light 20th-century casement with a wooden lintel is located on the left side of the ground floor, while a plank door is on the right, also with a shallow pedimented hood similar to that of No. 2. There are leaded two-light slate-hung gabled eaves dormers on both the left and right sides. The datestone on the right gable end was illegible during the last survey in May 1987 but is said to date to around 1670. The faint suggestion of a straight joint to the left of the entrance indicates that the right part of the cottage may be a later addition.

The interior of No. 3 was inspected and features a deep-chamfered cross beam with stepped ogee and straight-cut stops in the left ground-floor room, along with an inglenook fireplace that has a chamfered wooden lintel. The right room contains an oak winder staircase to the left of the entrance. The rear range has another inglenook fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel, a bread oven to the right, and an oak winder staircase to the left.