Oak Cottage

Oak Cottage is a house dating from the early to mid-16th century, which was refaced and extended in the 19th century. The core is timber framed, with the front reclad in whitewashed brick, while part of the frame is exposed on the first floor at the rear, also with whitewashed brick infill. The roof is plain tiled and hipped to the left. The building has two storeys and features two framed bays, with an offset brick stack at the right end and another stack at the rear left. On the first floor, there are two 19th-century casement windows, and one ground floor casement window to the left. To the right is a glazing-bar sash window. There is a ribbed door to the left under an open gable hood, and another similar door at the center/right.

On the left-hand return front, there is one glazing-bar sash window on the first floor and a casement window below. At the rear, there is a 19th-century bread oven attached to the stack. Inside, the frame is largely intact, with only part of the central posts missing. The ceiling frames are exposed in the ground-floor rooms, showcasing chamfered spine beams and joists. There is a deep brick fireplace in the right-hand room, featuring carved foliage scrolls on the lintel and Tuscan columns on either side that support cast iron lamp holders from the capitals. The jowled angle posts on the first floor are exposed, with the left end post showing tension bracing, and all wall plates on the first floor are chamfered with steep end stops. The roof structure is intact, with both end gablet trusses remaining, separated by only three rafters and showing signs of soot, suggesting a possible open hall. Oak Cottage is noted as one of the smallest and most complete hall houses in Surrey.