Podburys Cottage

Podburys Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with significant modernizations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with part of the rear wall rebuilt in brick. The stone rubble or cob stacks have plastered brick tops, and the roof is thatched, although parts of the rear have been replaced with slate. The cottage has a three-room plan and is set into the hillside, facing south. Originally, there was a cross passage between the central and right (eastern) rooms, leading to a stair and corridor along the back of the central room. The partitions have been removed from the middle room, which features an axial stack backing onto the left (western) room. The rear part of the left room is partitioned off as a small store, while the main room has a corner stack on the front outer side. The right room is unheated.

The cottage has two storeys and an irregular four-window front with 19th and 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. Thatch eyebrows are present over the first-floor windows. The doorway is positioned to the right of centre and features a 20th-century stable-type door under a hipped thatch hood supported by raking struts. The roof is half-hipped at each end, and there is a secondary door on the right (eastern) end that leads to a 20th-century conservatory.

Inside, most of the features are the result of 19th and 20th-century modernizations. The right room has a roughly-finished axial beam of indeterminate date, while the beams in the centre and left rooms are boxed in, and the fireplaces are blocked by 20th-century grates. The roof primarily consists of 19th and 20th-century carpentry, but one 17th-century oak truss remains, which is a neatly squared A-frame with the collar morticed, tenoned, and pegged.