Cottage At Approximately 20 Metres Northwest Of Greta Fursnewth Farmhouse

This cottage, located approximately 20 metres northwest of Great Fursnewth Farmhouse, is a service cottage dating from the mid to late 19th century. It incorporates features from the 17th century or earlier, likely from a former house at Great Fursnewth. The building is constructed of slatestone rubble with 17th-century granite dressings. The front and left-hand gable end are slate-hung, while the roof features scantle slate at the front and rag slate at the rear. There are outbuilt rubble stacks at both gable ends.

The original layout included two rooms on the ground floor, which have since been combined into one. Each room had a fireplace, and a semi-circular oven has been added at the rear corner of the right-hand chimney breast. Access to the L-shaped staircase is from the left-hand room against the rear wall.

The cottage is two storeys tall with a narrow but symmetrical two-window south front and a central doorway. The doorway is chamfered granite with straight cut stops and a segmental head, which may have been reduced. The windows are chamfered mullioned, with three-light windows on the ground floor and two-light windows above. The door is a Victorian V-jointed design, and the windows feature three-pane wooden casements, likely also from the Victorian era. The rear of the cottage has two small windows on the first floor.

Inside, the cottage has a simple design with exposed joists and floorboards. A part of a probable 17th-century lintel or jambstone has been reused as a lintel over the right-hand fireplace, which is now blocked. The floor is slate.

This small house design is interesting, particularly due to the skilled reuse of 17th-century features.