4 Cottages Adjoining The White Hart To The West

This is an irregular row of four cottages, now reduced to three, with origins dating back to the 16th century, featuring later alterations and additions. The cottages are constructed of rubble and brick. The cottage on the eastern end has a pantiled roof, while the three to the west have double Roman tile roofs and rubble and brick gable stacks. All cottages are two storeys high, with a straight joint separating the two on the east from the two on the west.

Starting from the east, number one has two windows, both 2-light casements with chamfered mullions on the first floor, featuring leaded lights to the left, and timber lintels above. The ground floor has a small bay with a brick apron, a plank door with a glass insertion set in a heavy chamfered and stopped frame, and a 3-light casement with chamfered mullions and a timber lintel. There is also an oven projection in the wall to the right. The roofline steps down to number two, which has two windows: 2-light casements on the first floor and a 3-light casement on the ground floor, with a central plank door in a plain frame, all having timber lintels.

Number three has two windows, both 2-light casements with timber lintels, but the central door is blocked, leaving only the lintel visible. Number four features one window, a 3-light casement on both the ground and first floors, and a plank door in a plain frame, all with timber lintels.

Inside, number one includes a through passage, a fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel, two hobs, a jack, and a bread oven. It has chamfered and scroll-stopped beams, plank and batten doors, and a newel stair. The first floor has a stud and rail screen separating the front and rear rooms to the east, and the roof has three bays with upper cruck trusses, each bay featuring a pair of windbraces in the front and rear bays to the west, with a collar on the east truss.