Pilgrim Cottage, Little Thatch, And Tapsterwater Cottage

Pilgrim Cottage, Little Thatch, and Tapsterwater Cottage are a row of three cottages, originally four, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century. They were renovated around 1980 and are constructed from colour-washed local stone and flint rubble, with stone rubble stacks and a chimney shaft. The cottages have thatch roofs, with red interlocking tiles on the rear outshots.

The cottages are arranged in a row facing south, backing onto a stream, which has resulted in a slightly curving alignment. Pilgrim Cottage, located at the left (west) end, features a three-room lobby entry plan with an axial stack that serves back-to-back fireplaces, along with an unheated room on the left end. Little Thatch, in the center, and Tapsterwater Cottage, at the right end, each have two-room plans that are mirror images of each other, also with an axial stack for back-to-back fireplaces. Pilgrim Cottage was created by combining two former cottages. All three cottages are two stories high, with rear lean-to outshots that were rebuilt as service rooms around 1970.

The exterior displays an irregular seven-window front featuring 20th-century casements with glazing bars, and both end cottages include a 20th-century bay window. Most first-floor windows extend slightly into the eaves. Each of the three front doorways has a 20th-century part-glazed door beneath contemporary monopitch hoods. The roof is gable-ended on the right and half-hipped on the left.

The interiors feature similar plain but sturdy carpentry details, including neatly chamfered crossbeams and oak lintels above stone rubble fireplaces. The roofs were not inspected. If these cottages were built at the same time, they represent a relatively early surviving example of a row of small cottages. They also contribute to a scattered group of attractive listed buildings on the southern approach to Luppitt.