Church Cottage

Church Cottage is a house with origins dating back to the 16th century, and it was altered in the late 20th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a steeply pitched slate roof with a brick chimney at the right gable end. Originally, it formed part of a larger house to the west (listed separately) and may have served as a guildhouse. A front lateral stack was removed in the late 20th century. The house has two storeys and a single window facing the front. A 20th-century door is positioned off-centre and is sheltered by a slated canopy supported by brackets. There are three 2-light 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor, with the window to the left retaining a granite lintel from a former 2-light mullioned window. Inside, the ground floor features one large, chamfered 16th-century cross beam with wide run-out stops; the axial beams have been replaced, likely in the late 20th century, and a second cross beam has also been replaced. The roof was widened to the front. The pegged principals, which previously had trenched purlins, now have mostly replaced rafters. A blocked fireplace in the first-floor room on the right is said to have once contained a clom oven.