Southill Cottages

A pair of cottages, dating from the late 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th century and later alterations. The cottages are constructed of roughcast cob and random rubble, with a half-hipped thatched roof. The cottage on the left is the older, originally a two-room plan. The right-hand room had an end stack for heating, but this became an axial stack after the building was extended in the 18th century by two rooms, forming a separate dwelling. The cottages have two storeys. The front elevation has an irregular arrangement of windows: three first-floor windows with late 18th or early 19th century two- and three-light casements, and four late 19th century casement windows to the ground floor. There are two glazed doors, added in the 20th century, and late lean-tos are present. An axial stack, with brick shafts, serves both cottages. Inside the left-hand cottage, the principal room features a cross ceiling beam with chamfered and unstopped spine beams with run-out stops, and large straight roof truss principals. The right-hand cottage has more slender roof timbers.