Temple Cottage

Temple Cottage is a house dating back to the 15th century, with significant alterations made in the 17th century and further changes in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble, using local limestone, with a gable-ended thatched roof and a brick end stack on the right side. The house is two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of three windows.

The south facade has, on the ground floor to the right, a 3-light 17th-century stone mullioned window with a hollow chamfer and moulded label. The surround incorporates two carved heads inset in later, likely 19th or 20th-century stonework. The upper floor to the right has a 2-light, hollow chamfered, stone mullioned window with some leaded glass. The central window was originally similar, but its mullion has been removed and replaced with a 2-light casement. The upper floor to the left has a single leaded-light window with a stone surround, also dating to the 17th century. A 20th-century thatched, stone porch with part-glazed windows is located centrally on the left side.

The north wall features a blocked 15th-century doorway with a 2-centred, chamfered head and continuous jambs. To the right is a small 15th-century rectangular window with a chamfered surround, and there are traces of other blocked openings. The east wall has a 17th-century square-headed stone window on the upper floor, with the central mullion removed and a 2-light casement inserted. The fenestration on the west wall is predominantly 20th century, as the wall itself appears to have been rebuilt. To the west of the main house is a single-storey stone extension with a tiled, gable-ended roof and 20th-century windows.

Internally, the house has been extensively altered, but appears to have originally been a hall with an open roof. A single central, true cruck-truss remains, along with a chamfered arch brace that formerly connected to a collar. The purlins are morticed to have supported former wind-braces. There are also several 17th-century stop-chamfered ceiling beams.