43, High Street

No. 43 is a detached cottage located on High Street in Steeple Ashton. It dates from around 1500 and was altered in the late 17th century. The cottage features a north bay made of rubble stone and a south bay with square panelled timber-framing and brick nogging. It has a half-hipped thatched roof with three diagonally-set brick axial stacks. The entrance is located in the north gable-end. The building is single-storey with an attic, featuring a four-panelled door, a 3-light casement window to the right, and a 2-light casement window in the attic, with cruck blades rendered over. The front facing the road has a 20th-century three-light casement window in the rubble stone left bay. The right side has 2-light casement windows on both floors. There are rear lean-to extensions. The interior is reported to have a cruck truss at the north end and a blocked open fireplace.