Paradise Cottage

Paradise Cottage is a cottage built in 1793, with alterations made in 1987 at the left end. It is constructed from whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble and features a thatched roof that is half-hipped at the left end and hipped at the right end. The building has an axial stack with a 20th-century brick shaft. The plan consists of a single depth layout that is three rooms wide, with the entrance located to the left of center, facing a 20th-century stair. Prior to the 1987 alterations, the left end was single-storey, but evidence suggests it was originally two-storeys, as it is now. The layout includes a heated living room/kitchen in the center, an unheated service room to the right, and a space that may have been a reed store at the left end, which has no internal access. The cottage was built by a thatcher named Mr. Webber, according to information from the owner, Miss Doidge.

The exterior is two-storey with an asymmetrical front that has three windows and a shallow 20th-century porch to the left of center. The windows are 20th-century two-light timber casements, and there is a 20th-century front door. The interior is particularly notable due to the firm date of the cottage, with carpentry details that date back at least 100 years earlier, showcasing the survival of traditional carpentry techniques. The heated room features a chamfered crossbeam and an open fireplace with a bread oven, a chamfered lintel with a mason's mitre, and a left-hand jamb that is also chamfered and pegged into the lintel. The roof was not inspected during the survey in 1988 but has been examined by Michael Laithwaite.