High Kettle Cottage

High Kettle Cottage is a late 17th or early 18th century cottage that has been altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of flint facing with brick quoins and window dressings, which are now painted. A brick chimneystack is located on the right side, topped with a flat slab. The thatched roof is hipped to the left, sweeping over a porch on the left and forming an eyebrow dormer to the right. The cottage is one storey high with an attic. A 20th-century window is present in the attic, and a three-light casement window with diamond mullions on the front. The ground floor also features a similar window with a hood moulding. A 20th-century painted brick porch is situated on the left, containing a plank door and side lights, and incorporates three triangular buttresses. The right side elevation has two small windows on either side of the fireplace, with wooden surrounds and leaded lights, and one brick and flint buttress is visible. The left side elevation displays four similar windows and a deep plinth. The rear elevation includes a flat-roofed extension to the ground floor, built with matching materials, and one 20th-century three-light dormer. The interior was not inspected, but it is reported to contain exposed ceiling beams and framing. Local tradition suggests the cottage may have had links to smuggling, with a kettle reportedly hoisted on the chimney to signal when the coast was clear, giving the cottage its name.