Curlew Cottage

Curlew Cottage is a house located on Silver Street in Malmesbury, originally built in the late 17th century. It was divided and extended in the 18th century and later unified in the late 20th century. The building features coursed limestone rubble, with a brick exterior at the rear and right-hand gable stacks, topped by a stone slate roof. It has a single-depth plan and stands two storeys high with a cellar, presenting a two-window range.

The ground-floor openings have timber lintels, with the left-hand doorways leading to No. 9, which has a boarded door. Both No. 9 and No. 7 have wide ground-floor windows, while the first-floor windows feature a shallow raking roof and 3-light casements. No. 7 has a blocked entrance, a 20th-century top-hung ground-floor casement, and a small first-floor 2-light casement. A straight joint at the right-hand end of the ground-floor window indicates where the extension was added. The rear of the building has an exterior stack with a small gable.

Inside, notable features include a large fireplace on the rear left-hand side with splayed reveals and a bressumer, along with a 20th-century fire surround at the right-hand end. The staircase, which was formerly located at the front center, is now a 20th-century addition, and the roof structure includes a collar truss.