Bampfylde Cottage

Bampfylde Cottage is a pair of almshouses that have been converted into cottages. Originally built in the 17th century, they were remodeled in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is made of coursed rubble volcanic trap and is topped with a blue Welsh slate roof that has gabled ends with stone copings. There are stone end stacks with moulded weatherings, which may have been capped with 20th-century brick.

The front of the building is symmetrical and has two stories, facing the road. On either side of the central entrance door, there are tall lancet windows on both floors, likely 17th-century embrasures, featuring eccentric 19th-century brick projecting sills and 2-pane 19th-century wood casements under arched heads. The first-floor window heads have arched leading. The entrance is flanked by shorter lancet windows of unknown date, which have 20th-century brick sills.

The 19th-century porch is gabled and has an ornate design that is somewhat unusual for a building of this age. It features a shaped open wood truss with a beam decorated with pierced trefoils, supported by shaped posts that have been cut away at the bottom and rest on 20th-century brickwork. Above the porch, there is a 2-light chamfered window with a 19th-century half-dormer roof that is slated, echoing the design of the porch.

At the rear, which faces the churchyard, there is a depressed central bay under a gabled dormer similar to the front. Below this, there is a 20th-century timber casement window. The first floor has two 2-light windows, while the ground floor has two 3-light windows, one of which features glazing bars and some leaded colored glass.

This building was listed under the same name in 1982 and is also recognized as "Almshouses" in a 1952 listing. It has since lost the stone inscriptions that were noted in the earlier listing. The interior has not been inspected. The building is included for its group value.