The Haven

The Haven is a house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It was divided into two cottages in the 19th century and reunited in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of granite rubble with dressed granite quoins and lintels, topped with a thatched roof featuring gabled ends. The left gable end has a moulded kneeler at the front, and there are dressed granite gable end stacks with drip courses; the left stack has a moulded drip course and cap.

The house originally had a double depth plan with two front rooms: a kitchen on the left and a parlour on the right, both heated by gable end stacks, along with unheated rooms in an integral rear outshut. After being divided into two cottages in the 19th century, it was reunited in the late 20th century, removing the partitions between the front rooms to create one large room and inserting a staircase into the rear outshut.

The exterior features two storeys with a nearly symmetrical two-window front, where the windows and doorway are positioned towards the right. The windows are 20th-century 12-pane sashes with granite lintels and cills. The central doorway has a granite lintel and a 20th-century plank door, with a blocked doorway immediately to its right. The thatched roof at the rear extends down to lower eaves over the rear outshut.

Inside, there is a very large fireplace at the left end with unchamfered granite lintel and jambs, along with a stone-lined oven on the left side. The smaller fireplace at the right end also has an unchamfered granite lintel and jambs but does not have an oven. These fireplaces were probably originally concealed by chimney-pieces. The interior has been completely altered in the late 20th century, and no early joinery remains.