Amber Cottage

Amber Cottage is a mid-17th century building that originally consisted of three separate cottages, which have since been modernized and combined into one house in the 20th century. The structure is made of rendered cob on rubble footings, with cob stacks topped by 20th-century brick, and features a wheat reed thatched roof. The row of cottages faces north and includes an end stack on the outer cottage and an axial stack on the right side of the center cottage.

The building is two stories high with an overall four-window front. The right-hand cottage has a two-bay, almost regular front, while the cottages to the left have identical, offset single bay fronts. The middle cottage has a 20th-century casement window in the position of the original door, while the other windows are 2 or 3 light leaded casements with flat-faced mullions, likely dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. There is a 20th-century door to the right in a bead-moulded frame.

Inside, the cottage features good quality details. The fireplaces are made of cob with stone on the oven side only, and the oak lintels are chamfered with scroll-nick stops. The right-hand ground floor room has a cross beam that is chamfered with bar-scroll stops, while the center cottage has a similar beam with bar-runout stops, and the left-hand beam is very worn. The original trusses are A-frames with dovetail lap joints. Previously known as Rattle Street Cottages, Amber Cottage is a rare example of mid-17th century one-room plan cottages with relatively high-quality detailing.