Hale Mills Cottage

Hale Mills Cottage is a small house built around the late 18th century, with a cottage to the west dating from the early to mid-19th century. The structure is made of Killas rubble and possibly cob, with some parts rendered and features slate sills. The original section has a steep corrugated iron roof, which was formerly thatched, while the 19th-century part has a grouted scantle slate roof with a lower pitch. There are brick chimneys on the gable ends and the party wall, along with a rounded external breast at the gable.

The original house has a two-room layout with a central entrance and a possible stair projection at the rear on the east end, while the cottage has a one-room plan. The building is two storeys high, with the first-floor rooms of the house partly located in the roof space. The south front features a one-window cottage on the left, which has higher eaves, and a two-window house to the right with slightly irregular front detailing. The adjoining cottage on the left has shallow brick arches over its openings, horned four-pane sash windows, and a doorway to the right with a top-glazed four-panel door. The house has a doorway positioned towards the right-hand window, wooden lintels, an early 20th-century top-glazed door, and four-pane two-light casements on the ground floor. The first floor retains original 12-pane horizontal-sliding sashes, and there is a blocked stair window at the rear.

The interior of the cottage remains largely unaltered. The house was refloored in the 19th century but may still have its original roof structure, which has not been inspected. A recess at the rear of the east room may have served as the original stair or a fuel store, and the fireplaces are partly blocked. This cottage is one of the few unmodernised houses remaining in this former mining area.