Pottery Cottage

Pottery Cottage is a house and pottery showroom built in 1928 by Bernard Leach for himself. The structure is made of rendered concrete blocks and features a scantle slate roof with half-hipped and gabled ends. The axial and end stacks are rendered with weathered set-offs.

The building has a rectangular plan, with the showroom located on the ground floor and accommodation above, including a loft at the lower northeast end accessed via external stairs on the gable end. There is also an integral verandah at the rear. The design reflects a Domestic Revival style, drawing from local vernacular architecture.

The exterior is two storeys high and presents an asymmetrical four-window northwest front, featuring a central gable and two slightly set-back windows on the right, accompanied by a hipped roof porch in the angle. The roof on the left extends down to lower eaves, and the windows are small casements. The southeast rear showcases a projecting gable at the center, a French casement on the left, and a verandah on the right supported by timber posts with shaped brackets, along with a dormer above. An oculus and external stairs lead to the loft doorway on the northeast gable end.

Inside, there are ledged and braced doors with cover moulds, ladder stairs leading to the first floor, and a fireplace on the first floor adorned with six tiles by Bernard Leach. The loft at the northeast end is open to the roof.