Nymet Cottage

Nymet Cottage is a cottage dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, with modernisations and extensions added around 1980. The walls are plastered cob on rubble footings, with a cob stack topped with 20th-century brick, and a thatch roof, except for the kitchen outshot which has a concrete tile roof. It is an L-shaped building. The main east-facing range has two rooms with an axial stack between them, serving the larger southern room. The south room is likely 17th century, while the north room may be contemporary or an 18th-century addition. A rear block is set at right angles to the unheated room, with a kitchen outshot in the angle of the blocks; these are both circa 1980. The stairs are also circa 1980, and the location of the original stairs is unknown. The front façade has two ground-floor windows, which are circa 1980 casements with glazing bars; the left window likely obscures the original doorway. The new doorway is on the right (northern) end. The roof is half-hipped at each end. All other windows are circa 1980 casements with glazing bars. The interior was modernised around 1980, but the older part retains its integrity. The main heated room's crossbeam has a roughly-finished soffit chamfer but the joists have been replaced. A large stone rubble fireplace has an oak lintel with a soffit-chamfered edge and scroll stops; the oven was relined in the late 19th century and fitted with a cast iron door. Accessible only over the unheated room is an A-frame truss with pegged lap-jointed collar, dating either to the 17th or 18th century. Above the heated room, the feet of two A-frame trusses are visible and are probably 17th century.