East Newton

East Newton is a house that was originally two cottages, dating from the 17th century with an earlier core. It was combined and modernised in the late 19th century. The structure is made of plastered cob on rubble footings, featuring one original cob stack topped with 19th-century brick and one brick replacement stack. The main block has a thatched roof, while the secondary outshots have corrugated asbestos and slate roofs.

Originally, the building consisted of a pair of one-room plan cottages facing southeast, each with an end stack. The right-hand room (northeastern) retains much of its original character, while the left-hand room (southwestern) was altered in the late 19th century to include a staircase and a new chimney stack. The building has two storeys and an irregular three-window front with late 19th-century windows. The front door, located left of centre, features a late 19th-century panelled and part-glazed design. To the left of the door is a contemporary four-pane horned sash window, while the other windows are late 19th-century casements with glazing bars. A fixed pane window with glazing bars at the right end likely blocks a doorway to the former cottage on that side. The roof is hipped to the left and gable-ended to the right, with both outshots having monopitch roofs.

Inside, the right-hand former cottage is well preserved, featuring a stone rubble fireplace with an oak lintel that is soffit-chamfered with exaggerated scroll stops. The ceiling is supported by large scantling joists. In the rear outer corner, the winder stair is likely original, indicated by its doorway with a chamfered surround and scroll stops. The cupboard under the stairs has a panelled door with scratch mouldings. The room above contains part of a simple moulded plaster cornice, which is surprisingly sophisticated for a house of this status. The two-bay roof is supported by the original A-frame truss. The left former cottage appears to have only 19th-century joinery and carpentry, although the owner notes that there was no break in the front cob when the plaster was removed in 1984. The cob crosswall between the two former cottages reveals the gable line of a pre-17th-century lower building.