Ryles Cottage

Ryle's Cottage is a house located on Hanborough Main Road in Long Hanborough. It dates back to the 15th century and was extended by one bay to the right and remodeled in the 17th century. The cottage is cruck built and constructed from coursed limestone rubble, featuring a gabled thatch roof with brick stacks at the ends and ridge.

The building has a three-unit plan and is one storey high with an attic, displaying a four-window range. Notable features include a stop-chamfered timber lintel above a 17th-century plank door with strap hinges, and another chamfered timber lintel over an older plank door to the right. The ground floor has 20th-century and late 19th-century casements, as well as a C18 three-light wood-mullioned window with leaded lights to the left and a C18 two-light wood-mullioned window to the right. There is also a two-light wood-mullioned stair light at the rear and a 20th-century extension to the right. To the left, there is a mid-19th-century brick outshut with a tiled roof.

Inside, the original 15th-century structure features two raised crucks with chamfered collars and trenched purlins, although the windbraces were removed when the eaves were raised in the 17th century. The inserted 17th-century floor has stop-chamfered beams, and there are open fireplaces with stop-chamfered bressumers at the central 17th-century stack. The central room includes a stop-chamfered doorframe leading to newel stairs and a 17th-century cupboard with a sliding door. The room to the right has a stop-chamfered beam and flat-laid joists.