Disused Cottage 10 Metres To South East Of Kenningstock Farmhouse

This is a disused cottage located 10 metres southeast of Kenningstock Farmhouse, dating from around the mid-17th century, with an extension likely added in the 18th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with some parts rebuilt using concrete block on the left side, and it features a rag slate roof with gable ends. The barn, which was added to the right gable end, is also made of stone rubble and incorporates possibly reused granite quoins, topped with a hipped rag slate roof.

The cottage has a projecting stone rubble stack on the right gable end, which was incorporated as an axial stack when the barn was added. Originally, the cottage had a two-room plan, with the larger room on the right heated by an end stack that includes a cloam oven, while the smaller room on the left was unheated. In the 18th century, an unheated extension with a one-room plan and a separate entrance was added to the right gable end, likely serving as a shippon or stable, possibly with a hay loft above.

The exterior is two storeys high, featuring an asymmetrical one-window front with granite lintels above the openings. The house has a wall that has been rebuilt on the left side, a plank door near the centre, and a 19th-century two-light casement window to the right. There is a window opening above, although the fenestration is largely decayed. The barn on the right has a door opening on the left, also with a granite lintel.

Inside, the cottage features 19th-century ceiling beams and a fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel, which may have been reduced in size, along with the cloam oven. There is a blocked fireplace on the first floor. The roof structure consists of four bays, partly replaced in the 18th century. The mid-17th century truss on the left has principals that are halved, notched, and lap-jointed at the apex, with halving for a collar that has been removed, which appears to have had a curved dovetailed lap-joint. The second and third trusses are halved, lapped, and pegged at the apices, featuring renewed collars. The second and third trusses have butt purlins, while the first has slightly trenched purlins.