Broad Ley Longmeadow Mattress

This is a group of three cottages, originally a farmhouse, dating back to around the 15th century, with a significant extension added in 1624. The construction combines cob with a stone plinth, rendered surfaces, and a thatched roof, with a gabled end on the right-hand side. The wing on the right-hand side was added later, likely in the late 18th or early 19th century, and the parlour was extended forward, featuring a date stone inscribed 'HAD 1624'.

The original layout was a three-room, cross-passage plan, with the lower end positioned to the right of the passage. The Hall originally comprised two bays, the lower end of one, and the roof spanning all three bays shows signs of smoke-blackening. A brick stack is located on the right-hand end, while an axial brick stack marks the position of the former lower-end stack. A lateral external brick stack serves the Hall, and a left-hand rear stack with a moulded cap is associated with the parlour wing.

The building is two stories high. The front elevation features scattered windows: four 2- and 3-light windows on the upper floor, slightly below the eaves line, and three ground floor windows, also 2- and 3-light. These windows have timber frames with chamfered mullions and 8 or 10 leaded panes in each light. While the windows appear mostly renewed, some may be from the 19th century. A stair turret with splayed sides, a catslide thatch roof, and a small 2-light window sits to the left of the entrance to the cross passage. There is a further door to the right-hand extension, and another door provides access to the wing, which features a 2- or 3-light window above. A 19th-century cast iron pump is situated near a wall in the angle of the building. The rear elevation includes three upper-floor 3-light windows, one positioned under an eyebrow eaves, and four 2- and 3-light ground-floor windows, plus a doorway to the right of the external stack. The timber frames on the rear mirror those on the front.

Inside, the Hall has three deeply chamfered beams, featuring pyramidal and anchor stops; the beam on the left acts as a bressumer above the remains of a five-bay plank and muntin screen with chamfered muntins and bressumer. A massive chamfered beam is present in the lower end, with another, smaller beam in the right-hand room. The lower room of the parlour wing has three deeply chamfered beams and a large end fireplace. Three deeply chamfered beams are also found in the lower room of the parlour wing. The roof retains three smoke-blackened trusses, the one in the parlour end sooted on the Hall side only. These trusses are morticed and side-pegged at the apex with collars, with one collar cambered. Rafters and a diagonal ridge-piece are also visible. The building was formerly known as Mooredge Cottages.