Old Pound Cottage

Old Pound Cottage is a probable late medieval farmhouse, altered in the 16th or early 17th century, with an 18th-century addition. It has been converted into a house. The structure is timber-framed with brick nogging, painted white, and has a slate roof. The later addition has roughcast, painted white, with a red tile roof. The original plan was a single-depth, two-bay design, possibly with a former open hall and a smoke-bay at the left end. A one-bay addition was built to the left. The cottage is two storeys high, with the addition slightly lower. The exposed timber framing has four posts with arch-bracing to the first and fourth bays, a mid-rail, light studs, and secondary rails forming square panels. The wider first bay has a one-light and a two-light casement at ground floor, and coupled two-light casements under the eaves. The second bay has a modern glazed door, a two-light horizontal sliding sash window with small panes to the right, and a small one-light casement under the eaves. A large external chimney stack is at the right-hand gable, and an integral chimney is at the left gable. The left addition includes a two-light casement on each floor, a door to the right, and a small four-pane fixed window at first floor above the door. The rear of the cottage has roughcast and includes lean-to additions, along with a glazed door at ground floor and small one- and two-light casements under the eaves of the main range, and two-lights in the addition. Inside, a timber-framed partition separates the bays; the joists of the second bay are tenoned into the rail, while those of the first bay rest on top. The first bay features a fine chamfered lateral beam with unusual run-out stops, and large square joists on its outer side. A door has been cut through the timber frame at the first floor, severing the brace. The chimney stack at this end has remains of a bread oven. The addition contains some crude fielded panelling and a door with 18th-century hinges.