Townsend Cottage

Townsend Cottage and No 2 are a pair of houses, originating in the late 17th century and rebuilt and altered in the 18th century. They are constructed of squared rubble stone with imitation stone tile roofs. Townsend Cottage was rebuilt in the 18th century and has coped gables, a west end stack, a ridge stack, and a north-east rear wall stack. It is two storeys and has an attic. Features include flush quoins and a raised floor band. The front elevation has a four-window range, with the windows to the left set lower. The first floor has a 12-pane sash window and the ground floor has a pair of 12-pane sashes. The rest of the front is near symmetrical with first-floor pairs of 12-pane windows, one sash and one fixed, flanking a central 12-pane sash. The ground floor has a similar pair to the left of a central 6-panel door in a raised moulded surround with a hood on brackets. A blocked window remains on the right, with remnants of a three-light mullion window. The east end wall is ashlar faced and has early to mid 18th-century detailing, including a raised plinth, floor band, and moulded cornice. A central 6-pane attic window, two blank first-floor windows in raised moulded surrounds, and remnants of two similar windows below, now replaced by a pair of late 18th-century 12-pane sashes, similar to those on the front elevation, are also present. No 2 Townsend has late 17th-century origins but a 19th-century roof pitch and a coped west gable. The front has a wall-face stack to the left and a late 18th-century former door with a moulded doorcase hood on brackets. A blocked door with a hoodmould, stepped down over a three-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with small paned casements, stands alongside. Above is a similar two-light window with small panes and a sash opening light. The end wall features an early 19th-century 16-pane upper window, a 20-pane lower window, and a door. The rear wing, with a stone-tiled roof, has a late 18th-century two-light flush cyma-moulded mullion window above and remnants of two similar windows below, replaced by a 16-pane sash and a door in a north-end lean-to. Townsend Cottage is said to have deeds dating to 1728.