Yucca Cottages

Yucca Cottages consists of two cottages that were likely originally one house, dating from the late 17th century with some renovations from the late 20th century. The cottages are constructed of whitewashed rendered cob on stone footings and feature a thatched roof with a plain ridge, hipped at the left end and gabled at the right end, along with an axial stack and end stacks.

The main range faces the road and has a single-depth plan, likely consisting of three rooms and a through passage. Only No. 2 was inspected internally during the survey in 1987, and it appears to be the lower end, passage, and hall of a three-room plan house, with No. 1 presumably being the inner room. The hall stack does not back onto the passage. No. 2 includes a rear wing at right angles, which was probably originally an open-fronted implement shed that has been converted into a kitchen. It also has a rear outshut and a single-storey outbuilding with a tiled roof.

The exterior of the cottages is two storeys high and features an asymmetrical front with three windows on each side. No. 2 has a 20th-century gabled porch leading to the former passage, with lattice sides, a 19th or 20th-century plank front door, and three first-floor timber casements with glazing bars from the 19th or 20th century, along with two similar ground floor windows. The left-hand cottage, No. 1, has a centrally located 20th-century gabled porch, a 19th or 20th-century plank front door, and 20th-century metal framed casements.

The interior of No. 2 features ground floor rooms with chamfered crossbeams that have scroll stops, a 20th-century stone fireplace in the left-hand room, and an open fireplace in the right-hand room (which has been largely rebuilt) with a timber lintel. A 20th-century stair has been added to the through passage, and there is a 18th-century panelled door leading into the left-hand room. The apex of the roof was not inspected, but the visible principal rafters upstairs suggest a late 17th or 18th-century date. This traditional thatched house is situated prominently along the roadside.