Black Fox Cottage

Black Fox Cottage is a house dating from around the mid-18th century. It was altered with new windows in the early 19th century and extended to the rear, with further alterations made in the mid-20th century. The walls are of rendered brick, and the roof is covered with clay tiles, featuring gabled ends and a brick dentil eaves course, with hipped roofs to the rear. Brick stacks are located on the gable ends.

Originally a simple two-room house, with a central entrance to each room heated by a gable-end fireplace, it later gained a double-depth plan with a large rear extension, likely in the early 19th century, which possibly replaced earlier service rooms.

The east front is symmetrical with two windows, featuring large 16-pane sashes from the early 19th century, set in exposed frames. A central doorway has a pilastered surround with a dentilled cornice, containing a fielded six-panel door, now blocked internally. The south return has casements with glazing bars and a fielded six-panel door. The north return features a 20th-century outshut. The rear (west) elevation has various casements and a 12-pane sash on the first floor to the left.

Inside, the partitions and possibly a staircase have been removed between the two front rooms. The left-hand room (the parlour) retains dado panelling, a rebuilt brick fireplace with a moulded shelf and panel above, and a china cupboard with shaped shelves to the right. The front south chamber has an 18th-century wooden chimneypiece with a moulded architrave and dentilled cornice. Some original 18th-century panelled doors remain, though most are 20th-century reproductions with brass drop handles. The main front range has an 18th-century roof with staggered tenoned purlins, while the rear extension has a 19th-century roof.