Riverside Riverside Cottage

Riverside Cottage and No. 2 Riverside are a pair of cottages dating from the early 17th century, with additions from the 18th century. The walls are rendered, likely a construction of cob and stone, and the roof is thatched, with a plain ridge, and half-hipped sections at both ends. A brick stack is located on the end of the main range. The house is located on the edge of Gittisham, overlooking the Curlditch and Crabbs Cottage. It was originally a single-depth house with two rooms wide, incorporating a rear outshut and lower-roofed blocks set back at each end. The original core of the house likely dates to the early 17th century, with the outshut and end blocks added in the 18th century. The house has been divided into two, with the central front door serving the left-hand cottage (No. 2), while the right-hand cottage is accessed via a lean-to porch in the angle between the main range and the right-hand block. The exterior features plank front doors to the left of the centre and in the lean-to porch. Windows are 2- and 3-light casements with glazing bars. A blocked 2-light timber mullioned window is visible on the left return of the main range. Inside, the right-hand room of the main range has deeply-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops, and a fireplace which partly conceals an earlier lintel. The left-hand room has a plaster-covered chamfered crossbeam. The right-hand block contains a chamfered axial beam and an 18th-century staircase rising in the outshut. Other 18th-century features include several 2-panel doors. In No. 2 Riverside, a jointed cruck roof truss remains, with the foot descending to the ground at the rear and likely removed at the front. The trusses in Riverside Cottage appear to be ‘A’ frames. The building is visually attractive and forms a notable group with Curlditch and Crabbs Cottage.