Teff Cottage

House. Dating from the 17th century, it was remodelled probably in the early 19th century (marked by a datestone of 1822) and altered and extended in the 20th century. The walls are a mix of rendered cob and stone rubble, with brick and sedimentary stone rubble at the rear. The roof is thatched, half-hipped at the south end and with a gablet at the north end. It features an axial stack with a red brick shaft. The original plan was for four rooms, with a lobby entrance in front of the axial stack and back-to-back fireplaces between the two central rooms. It was divided into two cottages, likely in the early 19th century, and later reunited and extended at the north end in the 20th century.

The exterior has an asymmetrical facade with a 4:1 window arrangement. A bay to the right is a 20th-century extension. There are 20th-century 2-light casements with glazing bars. A central 20th-century plank door is sheltered by a 20th-century porch with a thatched canopy supported by wooden posts. A datestone under the eaves to the left reads ‘IH 1822.’ The rear features various 20th-century casements in half dormers, a 17th-century 2-light stone mullion window to the right, a large rounded bread oven in the centre, and a late 20th-century single-storey outshut on the left. A small single-light stone window is set into the south end wall.

Inside, the two rooms on the left are now combined, containing a large fireplace with dressed stone jambs, a cambered, chamfered timber lintel and a blocked oven; the ceiling beams and joists have been replaced. The room to the right of the centre retains a chamfered axial beam, exposed joists, and a fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel with run-out stops, an oven and rebuilt brick jambs. The roof space over the north end is accessible, containing a single truss with straight principals tenoned at the apex and with mortices for tenoned or threaded purlins.