Hop Garden Cottage

Hop Garden Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It likely dates from the early 17th century and was enlarged and altered in the 18th century, with a recent extension added. The structure features a timber frame with white-painted brick nogging and an added facade, topped by a red tile roof. Originally, it had a single-depth three-bay plan with two unequal internal units. In the 18th century, service extensions were added to the right-hand end and to the rear of the second and third bays. The recent addition to the rear of the left half is not of special interest.

The two-storey, three-bay symmetrical brick facade has a low plinth and a three-course band. It features a central doorway with a modern glazed door, which is sheltered by a light wooden porch with a pitched roof. There are two segmental-headed cross-window casements at the ground floor, two horizontal sliding sashes under the eaves above these, and a small two-light casement above the door. To the right, there is a timber-framed lean-to with brick nogging and an external gable chimney rising through it. The left gable wall is constructed of box-framing, with braces to the tie-beam, four queen struts, and a king strut, along with brick nogging and one inserted window on each floor.

At the rear, the recent addition matches the style and materials of the original building and features tile-hanging at the first floor. Inside, the housepart, which occupies two structural bays, includes a chamfered lateral beam, a similar axial beam between this and a renewed partition wall to the first bay, a brick inglenook fireplace with a chamfered bressummer and remnants of a bread oven, and a remodelled spiral-newel staircase at the rear. On the first floor, the timber-framed former rear wall retains remains of a diamond-mullion window, and there are various 18th-century panelled doors with H-hinges.