Daveys Cottage Including Barn Adjoining To West

Daveys Cottage, including the barn adjoining to the west, is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century, with possible earlier origins. It was rearranged, extended, and refurbished likely in the mid-19th century. The building features plastered cob on stone rubble footings, with stone rubble and brick stacks topped with 19th-century brick. The roof is thatched, with slate on the outshot and corrugated asbestos on the barn.

The L-shaped house faces south and has a two-room plan, each with end stacks, although the right room is larger. A winder staircase is located alongside the right (eastern) stack. In the mid-19th century, a one-room plan extension was built at right angles in front of the right end, which includes a large inside lateral stack. The main block extends further to the left (west) as a barn, which now includes a utility room adjoining the house and was reduced in height in the 20th century. There is also a probable 20th-century service outshot on the front end of the extension. The house is two storeys tall and has an irregular two-window front with 19th and 20th-century casements, most of which have glazing bars. The oldest first-floor window contains rectangular panes of leaded glass, with another similar window on the inside wall of the extension. The end of the extension features a 20th-century first-floor casement. The roof is half-hipped, with the main roof hipped to the right and gable-ended to the left. The barn also has a gable end and contains a 20th-century window for the service room and a contemporary plank door.

Inside, the building has been much reorganized in the 19th century, but the main block still retains its 17th-century character. The ceiling beams, including an axial beam in the left room and a crossbeam in the right room, are boxed in, but their size indicates their 17th-century origin. The crosswall exposed in the roof space is framed in 17th-century oak with rod-and-cob infill. The open truss over the large room is an A-frame of substantial size with a pegged lap-jointed collar. While the stack serving the smaller room may be an addition, the other stack is original. Although the fireplace has been reduced in width, its ovolo-moulded lintel remains visible. Despite later alterations, the 17th-century house appears to survive largely intact.