1 and 2 Trebeath Cottages

These are two cottages, originally a farmhouse and later divided into four cottages and then two private houses in the 20th century. The building likely began in the late 16th or early 17th century and was extended in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with alterations in the 20th century when it was restored to two houses.

The walls are rendered and painted stone rubble and cob, with a bitumen-coated corrugated iron roof to the front range, featuring a gable end on the left and a hipped end on the right. The rear right range has a bitumen-coated rag slate roof with a gable end on the left and a canted end on the right. There are rendered end and lateral stacks, with a brick shaft to one axial stack.

The original layout is unclear. The front range appears to have a two-room and cross or through-passage plan, forming an ‘L’ shape. The left-hand room is heated by an end stack, and the cross wing to the right continues to the rear and is heated by a front lateral stack. A further three-room and through-passage plan range was added to the rear of the earlier cross wing, continuing to the right, and is likely from the 17th or early 18th century, having been significantly altered. It has an entrance to the left of centre, with the left-hand room heated by an end stack, the central room by an axial stack backing onto the passage, and the right-hand room by a truncated rear lateral stack; the partition between the central and right-hand rooms has been removed. A circa 19th-century outshut is located on the left-hand side and to the rear of the earlier range.

The two-storey front has an asymmetrical 2:4 window facade. The earlier range on the front left has a central entrance with a 19th-century plank door, a two-light casement to the left, and a projecting front lateral stack to the right, with a two-light casement beyond. The first floor has a two-light and a one-light casement. The corrugated iron roof is steeply pitched, concealing part of the original thatched roof. A circa 17th or 18th-century extension is set back to the right, featuring a 19th-century plank door to the left of centre, a two-light casement to the left, and a one-light casement to the right, with a 20th-century glazed door beyond. Four two-light casements are on the first floor, and the right-hand corner is canted.

The rear right range has 20th-century floor joists. The fireplace heated by the axial stack is also 20th-century. The lintel to the left-hand fireplace has been replaced. A circa 19th-century newel staircase is located in the front right of the right-hand room. The interior of the left-hand cottage (No 1 Trebeath) was not accessible during the time of listing.