Gables Cottage

Gables Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages. It dates from the 17th century and has been enlarged and altered over time. The building features handmade brick cladding on a timber frame, which is now mostly covered with white-painted render, except for the parapet. It has a red tile roof. Originally, it had a single-depth, two-unit lobby-entry plan, but an early addition has been made to the right-hand end, along with a full-height rear outshut and altered entries.

The structure is two storeys high and consists of three bays. It has a saw-tooth band above the first floor and a parapet with flat coping. There is a blocked former doorway at the junction of the first and second bays, and an inserted doorway to the right of the second bay, which is sheltered by a small wooden porch. Each floor contains three 3-light casement windows, with the second and third windows on the ground floor having segmental heads, and all windows featuring altered glazing. The roof is half-hipped, with a ridge chimney located at the junction of the first and second bays, an end-wall chimney on the left, and another chimney on the rear slope near the right-hand end. The right-hand end wall has a 24-pane horizontal sliding sash window leading to the outshut, and the rear has a catslide roof that is slightly raised at the west end. A modern single-storey addition at the left end is not of special interest.

Inside, the cottage has a timber-framed rear wall and a partition wall between the second and third bays. The spine beam features a tongue-stopped chamfer, and the joists have similar decoration. Some tension braces are visible at the first floor. There is an inglenook fireplace with chamfered brick jambs, a chamfered bressummer, and a salt recess.