Throop Cottage

Throop Cottage, originally one house, dates from the 17th century. It features plastered cob walls, thatched roofs, and brick stacks. The building has a three-room and cross-passage plan, with No. 3 representing the 'lower end' and cross-passage, while No. 4 includes the 'hall' and 'inner room'. It is one storey with attics. No. 3 has a ledged door with a glass panel set in a thatched timber porch. The ground floor contains one casement window with cast iron lights, and the attic has a dormer with casements. There is a single-storey wing at the rear, likely originally a dairy or pantry, now serving as a kitchen, with cob walls and a thatched roof. The main ground floor room, which was the original kitchen, features a large open fireplace with an oak lintel, an inserted bread oven on one side, and a curing chamber on the other. The ground floor ceilings have chamfered beams.

At the rear of Piper's Cottage, there is a garage belonging to this house, which likely originated in the early 19th century and appears to have been an open shelter shed. It has brick and cob walls, with one side originally open and supported by brick piers, now infilled with concrete block, and a thatched roof, featuring modern garage doors at the south end. No. 4 has a ledged door, with a ground floor that includes one casement window with cast iron lights and one later timber casement. The attic also has a dormer with casements, and the rear wall is buttressed. The fireplace in the original hall, which backs onto the cross-passage, has one stone jamb that is corbelled out at the top to support the lintel. The stairs, located west of the stack, are likely in their original position and are lit by a small window. There is a chamfered beam in the ground floor ceiling, and the inner room is unheated. Modern outbuildings are present in the garden at the rear. The houses on the west side of Throop Hollow are in Affpuddle Parish.