Kytes Cottage

Kytes Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on the south side of the High Street in Market Lavington. The building has roughcast on a timber frame, with greensand lower walls. It is topped by a pantiled roof. Originally a single-storey structure with an attic, it was later raised to two storeys. The cottage has two bays; the entrance originally led through a passage, now removed, with a room on each side – a main living room on the left and an unheated bay to the right. A central four-panelled door is present, alongside a large paned shop window to the ground floor, and three-light casement windows to the upper floor. A gable stack is located on the left-hand side. A brick lean-to extension behind the stack houses the staircase. Inside, a chalkstone stack is present, as is a timber beam with run-out stops. The spine beam in the living room features elaborate chamfer stops, including pyramid, bar and raised octagon shapes; the inner room has simpler chamfer stops.