Hill Street Wren Cottage

Wren Cottage and Hill Street, located on the west side of Forrabury and Fore Street in Boscastle, is likely a former single house that has been divided into two cottages. It dates from the 17th century and is constructed from rendered and painted stone rubble. The roof is made of rag slate, coated in bitumen and cement, with gable ends and stone rubble chimney stacks on each gable.

The original layout of the building is unclear, but it may have been a single-depth house with two rooms heated by end stacks. The entrance's position is uncertain, and a shallow projection on the front left may have served as a two-storey porch or stair projection. The building was divided into two cottages around the 18th or early 19th century, each with a one-room plan. There are 20th-century extensions on the left gable end and to the rear right.

The structure is two storeys high with an asymmetrical three-window front. The central range is set forward and features a half dormer on the left. The left side has a 20th-century door, while the central range includes a 12-pane sash window and a 19th-century two-light sliding sash window. The right side has a part-glazed 20th-century stable-type door and a 19th-century two-light casement window. On the first floor, there is a 19th-century two-light sliding sash window in the gable end of the central range, along with a 19th-century two-light casement window nearby and a 19th/20th-century two-light casement to the right.

The interior of Hill Cottage on the left has been partly remodelled in the 20th century, with replaced ceiling beams and a modern fireplace, although several keeping holes remain. The roof space is not accessible, and the feet of the principal rafters are boxed in. The interior of Wren Cottage on the right features 18th-century bowtell-moulded ceiling beams. The roof structure may also date from the 18th century, but a full inspection is not possible.

Wren Cottage and Hill Street form part of a picturesque group in Fore Street, Boscastle.