Pear Tree Cottage

Pear Tree Cottage is a cottage built in the early to mid 18th century, which was enlarged around 1980. It features plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with some areas patched in brick, and has a timber-framed and cob stack topped with 20th-century brick. The cottage has a thatched roof and a three-room layout facing southwest. The right section of the cottage is a circa 1975 extension, while the other two rooms comprise the original 18th-century house. The larger living room on the left is heated by a gable-end stack, with a winder stair alongside it. The smaller unheated room likely served as a service room, possibly a dairy or buttery. There is also evidence of a former smoking chamber at the rear.

The cottage is two storeys high, with a 20th-century service extension at the back. The exterior features a three-window front with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The front door, located left of centre, is an old plank door set behind a 20th-century porch, and the roof is half-hipped.

Inside, the original rooms display plain carpentry details. The fireplace is constructed of stone rubble and 19th-century brick, featuring an oak-framed front with a bead-moulded surround. This same moulding is found on the frame of an early cupboard in the rear wall. To the left, an oak steep winder stair rises alongside a round-headed cupboard alcove. Although the roof structure was replaced around 1980, the joinery in the main room remains well-preserved, showcasing a rustic and simple design typical of early cottage interiors. In 1983, the stack was exposed, revealing it to be cob and timber-framed, with a second timber-framed flue inserted through its rear side from a small brick room, likely the smoking chamber. This makes it a very late example of a timber-framed chimneystack.