5, 6 AND 7

Nos. 5, 6, and 7 are a row of three cottages located in Shobrooke, originally a house and cottage dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century. The building was divided and extended in the late 18th or 19th century, with further extensions made in the 20th century. It features plastered cob with rubble footings, while the extensions are made of cob and brick. The stacks are constructed from cob, volcanic stone, and brick, with 19th and 20th-century brick tops, and the roof is thatched.

The long, narrow building faces south towards the road. It originally had a three-room layout with a through passage and an inner room located downhill to the right. The structure is now two stories high. A large plastered projecting lateral stack is present at the front of the hall (No. 6), and there were formerly gable end stacks on each side. The service end (No. 5) was extended by one room in the late 18th to early 19th century, built with brick and rubble. The inner room (No. 7) was extended with a two-storey cob block that has a hipped roof set back from the main block, featuring a large rear stack, which likely indicates it was originally a separate cottage. This section was further extended in the 20th century with a single room under a thatched roof.

The main block has an irregular five-window front with 19th and 20th-century casements. Two first-floor windows at the left end retain small leaded diamond panes in two- and three-light frames. The door to No. 6 leads into the through passage, while the door to No. 7 is located behind a slate-roofed porch in the two-window front of the adjoining wing. The interior of the main block has few early features exposed, but No. 6 has a side-pegged jointed cruck roof. The rear outshuts are from the 20th century and are of no particular interest.