Withy Windle Cottages

Withy Windle Cottages are two cottages, originally three, likely built in the early 19th century with later 19th-century modernization and extension. They are constructed from plastered cob on rubble footings, featuring rubble stacks with 19th-century brick chimney shafts and a thatched roof. The cottages form an L-shaped block on a corner site, with the main range facing southwest and a rear wing at the right end facing southeast.

No. 1 in the main range consists of a three-room cottage, which includes an original two-room cottage with a third room added to the left (northwest) end. There are rear lateral stacks for the two original rooms, with the left stack containing an oven projection. No. 2, positioned at right angles to No. 1, is a three-room plan cottage with a projecting rear lateral stack for the central room, which is now disused and lacks a chimney shaft.

The cottages are two storeys high, with an irregular main southwest front that has four windows on the first floor and five on the ground floor. The first floor features a regular row of late 19th-century two-light casements with glazing bars and glazed triangular heads with radial glazing bars. The thatched eaves rise as small gables over each window. The ground floor has a mix of late 19th-century and 20th-century copy casements with glazing bars, including two with unusually tall glass panes. There are two doors, both with 20th-century hipped thatch-roofed porches. The roof is hipped at both ends, and there is a rounded corner on the right between the two fronts.

The southeast front (No. 2) has three windows similar to those on the southwest front, also featuring small thatch gables over the triangular heads of the first-floor windows, and a plank door near the left end. The roof is gable-ended to the right. Inside, both cottages have similar plain carpentry details where exposed, along with rubble fireplaces that have plain oak lintels. In No. 1, both fireplaces have replacement lintels, and the left fireplace is partly rebuilt with 19th-century brick. The roofs were not inspected.