Dormer Cottage

Dormer Cottage is a cottage attached at right angles to Three Ways at one corner. It has a core dating from the 15th century and features an early 17th-century ceiling from a small open hall. The walls are made of Lias stone, and the roof is thatched, hipped on the left side and gabled on the right. There is one brick stack at the ridge, backing onto a cross-passage. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has four windows, which are 2-3 light wooden casements with glazing bars and wooden lintels. The upper floor features half-dormers with thatch swept over. There is a 3-light leaded wooden casement window with a central opening and two fixed panes, made of opaque glass. The front door, located left of centre, is a wooden door with flush panels, dating from the 19th century. There is also a square plank pitch door in the upper right, which originally led to a small loft. Inside, the roof is of jointed-cruck construction, originally with collars, with one truss visible and two in the partition walls. The cottage once had 2½ bays of open hall and features two sets of through-purlins. The ground floor ceiling has deep-chamfered beams with filleted stops, dating from the 17th century.