Townsend Cottage

Townsend Cottage is a cottage from the 17th or 18th century that incorporates the gable of an earlier cottage from the 15th or 16th century. It features brick on stone sills and a thatched roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of a single bay, which is the end bay of a row of five cottages. The entrance is located at the rear, accessed through a pantiled lean-to on the gable end. The cottage has 20th-century metal windows, while the upper floor retains timber casements. An exposed full cruck frame is embedded in the gable wall, showcasing a threaded diagonal ridge apex and halved-in collar, with some timber framing visible at the rear. There is a stack in the gable wall. Inside, the cottage features chamfered cross beams with check and scoop stops, and a cambered beam with mortices that forms trimming to the stack. The cruck frame belongs to a cottage that was built against the gable, which is now demolished.