The Cottage

The Cottage is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a private house. It dates from the late 17th century and features a gabled datestone marked I.M. 1785, which may indicate a period of repair. The building is constructed with coursed rubble-stone walls and has Ham stone dressings. Its roof is thatched, hipped on the left side and gabled on the right, with stone gable-coping. There is a brick stack at the center of the ridge and a stone stack with a cornice at the right gable.

The Cottage is two storeys high and has three windows with hollow-chamfered stone mullions, featuring three and four lights. The ground floor windows also have hollow-chamfered stone mullions with separate labels that return. The windows are fitted with iron casements and lead lights. The front doorway is located to the right of center and has straight-chamfered jambs and a depressed-arch head, with a separate label above, dating from the 17th century. The door itself is a plank-and-muntin style from the 20th century.

Inside, there is an open fireplace that backs onto a cross-passage, featuring stone jambs and a cambered straight-chamfered wood lintel, along with a bread oven. The room at the right end also has an open fireplace with straight-chamfered jambs and a depressed-arch head, dating from the 17th century. The ceiling beams are mid-chamfered with stepped stops.