Thatchstone Cottage

Thatchstone Cottage is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, built in the late 17th to early 18th century and thoroughly renovated in 1981. It features plastered cob on rubble footings, a rubble stack with 19th and 20th-century brick on top, and a thatched roof. The cottage has a four-room plan and faces southeast. The right room is a 20th-century extension, and the interior layout was significantly altered during the 1981 renovation. There is a nearly central axial stack that serves back-to-back fireplaces. The building has two storeys and an irregular four-window front with 1981 casements that have glazing bars in a late 19th-century style. To the left of centre is a glazed door from 1981. The roof is hipped to the right and half-hipped to the left. On the left end facing the road, there is a stone rubble buttress that incorporates a plaque inscribed 'Built 1741, restored 1981'. Inside, the stack was largely rebuilt in 1981, and the rooms on either side show only exposed original features. The small room on the right has an axial beam, while the larger room on the left has two crossbeams, all of which are chamfered with straight cut stops. The roof has not been inspected. According to the current owner, the date of 1741 is their estimate of when the building was erected.