Bell Cottage

Bell Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 16th century, with remodelling from the 17th century. It features plastered brick construction and a thatched roof with an axial brick stack. The 17th-century design includes a baffle-entry and was originally open to the roof without a chimney in the 16th century. The cottage is single-storey with an attic and has two windows. There is a narrow planked door to the right of the centre, a 19th-century canted bay window to the right, and a three-light casement window to the left. The attic includes an eyebrow dormer with a two-light casement, and the right side has a two-light casement window in the attic. The rear has 20th-century French windows and two eyebrow dormers in the attic, one with a two-light casement and another to the right with two two-light casements. Attached to the right is a single-storey 19th-century brick extension featuring segmental-headed casements and a corrugated-iron roof.

Inside, the cottage has a 17th-century inserted first floor with chamfered beams that have bar stops, and a central stack with blocked open fireplaces. There is a timber-framed partition between the left and centre bays. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments recorded a three-bay 16th-century roof with smoke-blacked timbers, two tiers of through purlins, and curved wind-bracing to the upper tier. This cottage is an important example of the open-plan design with 17th-century remodelling on Salisbury Plain.