Ullcombe Cottage

Ullcombe Cottage is a mid-17th century and mid-to-late 19th century cottage, originally used as a school and master's house. It is constructed from a mix of plastered and colour-washed local stone and flint rubble, possibly incorporating cob, with stone rubble stacks topped with 19th and 20th century brickwork. The roof is thatched.

The cottage has a three-room plan, facing north-east and built down a hillslope. A small, unheated room is situated at the north-west end. Adjacent to this is the main living room, which also served as the former kitchen; a 20th century kitchen extension now occupies the right end. An axial stack backs onto the left, south-east room, which is lower, resembling a basement, and has its own end stack. The main entrance door is located in the left room section, leading into an entrance hall containing the main staircase. The middle and right rooms appear to form the original core of the building, likely representing a single room in the 17th century, suggesting the property was originally larger. The left room, however, is a 19th century extension or rebuild, and was used as a schoolroom. The cottage is two stories high, with a 20th century kitchen extension on the right end.

The exterior has an irregular front with ground floor windows only, comprised of different-sized 20th century casements with glazing bars. A contemporary thatch-roofed porch shelters a part-glazed 20th century front door, positioned left of centre. The roof is hipped to the left and half-hipped to the right, with the eaves rising over the porch.

Inside the main living room, the fireplace has been blocked, but some of the original oak lintel remains visible. A half beam across the chimneybreast and the beam over the partition to the unheated room on the right are chamfered with roll-nick stops. The partition between the two rooms may be a later addition. The rest of the house has plain 19th and 20th century carpentry details. The roof was not inspected, but the bases of straight principals from A-frame trusses are visible at first floor level; those over the older part have substantial timbers suggesting 17th century origins.