Blaise Hamlet, Oak Cottage

Oak Cottage is a picturesque cottage built in 1812, designed by John Nash and George Repton for J.S. Harford. It has been extended and modernised around 1975. The cottage features random rubble walls, brick stacks, and a thatched hipped roof. It has a single-depth plan and is a single storey with an attic, presenting a one-window range. The irregular shape includes a doorway on the right-hand side under a small porch. The front has a pent roof over an open bay supported by a rustic tree, with a fitted bench. Narrow windows with Maltese cross heads are located on either side, and there are leaded casements with three lights beneath the pent roof, along with small dormers on the front and right-hand sides. The cottage has paired diagonal brick stacks.

Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to contain a dogleg winder stair from the central sitting room, a fireplace, and a pantry. Oak Cottage was arranged by Harford for his retired employees and is part of a group of cottages that exemplify an ideal picturesque layout and design, as noted by Pevsner. The cottages are arranged around an open green.