Tudor Cottage

Tudor Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was modernised around 1980. It is constructed of plastered cob on rubble footings, with a brick stack topped with plaster and a slate roof, which was originally thatch. The cottage has a small two-room plan and faces south-south-east. The eastern end of the cottage adjoins the service wing of Rockbeare Court, and there is a stack at the left end. The rear dairy and outshots were rebuilt around 1980 as service rooms. The main house has two storeys and features an irregular two-window front with casements from around 1980 that include glazing bars. The doorway is located to the right of centre and is recessed from the main front. The roof has a gable end on the left and is half-hipped on the right against Rockbeare Court.

Inside, the larger heated room has two crossbeams that are roughly soffit-chamfered without stops. The fireplace appears to have been rebuilt in the late 18th to early 19th century, as the current lintel conceals a brick segmental arch, although the oven looks more like it dates from the 17th century. The oven is brick-lined and features a volcanic stone doorway. In the roof space, it is evident that the internal partition is original. The roof over the larger room is supported by a clean side-pegged jointed cruck truss, which has a high nailed lap-jointed collar that seems to be secondary. Another similar truss over the smaller room has a pegged lap-jointed collar. Since the rebuilding of Rockbeare Court around 1790, Tudor Cottage has served as accommodation for servants.