Cottage And Adjoining Barn 8 Metres To West Of Forge Cottage

This building is a pair of cottages and an adjoining barn, located 8 meters to the west of Forge Cottage. It is likely from the 18th century and was extended in the mid-19th century. The structure is made of stone rubble and cob, with the cottage rendered and painted. The mid-19th century extension on the left is built of stone rubble with brick dressings. The roof is made of corrugated asbestos, with remnants of thatch still visible underneath.

The building has gable ends and features a projecting stone rubble end stack on the right, which includes set offs and a cloam oven projection. Originally, it was probably two one-room plan cottages with the barn added on the left around the mid-19th century. The right-hand cottage has an entrance on the left that leads directly into a ground floor room heated by an end stack. The left-hand cottage also likely had a one-room plan with an entrance on the right, although it is unclear how it was heated. The barn was added to the left-hand end in the mid-19th century. The right-hand cottage remains in domestic use, while the left-hand cottage and barn are now used as a store.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical two-window front and the barn on the left. The entrance to the right-hand cottage features a 19th-century plank door with a slate hood, a 20th-century window to the right, and a 19th-century one-light casement window to the left. There is a 19th-century two-light casement window on the first floor. The left-hand cottage has a 20th-century outshut that contains a porch with a six-pane window to the left and a 19th-century two-light casement window on the first floor. The barn to the left has brick dressings on its openings and 20th-century garage doors at the rear.

Inside the right-hand cottage, the 19th-century joinery is unspoilt and unaltered. The interior of the left-hand cottage has been gutted but features a timber pegged roof, likely from the 18th century, which still retains a layer of thatch.