Tree Cottage And Well Cottage

A pair of semi-detached cottages, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, with 20th-century extensions and enlargements. The original construction is plastered cob on rubble footings, with rubble stacks topped with 20th-century brick and thatched roofs. Tree Cottage, on the south-west side, was originally a two-room cottage but was enlarged with a third room added to the south-west end around 1968. It has axial stacks on the outer ends of the original two rooms. Well Cottage was originally a single-room cottage with a rear lateral stack, but was later enlarged to two rooms in the 20th century. Both cottages are two storeys high. Tree Cottage’s front elevation has a regular three-window arrangement of 20th-century casement windows, most with glazing bars designed to resemble earlier styles. The original central entrance is now located to the right of centre, following the 1968 extension, and is sheltered by a late 19th to early 20th-century porch with a monopitch slate roof. The roof has a gable end on the left, where the eaves rise over the 1968 extension. Well Cottage has a three-window front with 20th-century casement windows lacking glazing bars. A 20th-century porch with a gabled slate roof covers the entrance at the right end, which serves the 20th-century extension. The thatched roof extends from Tree Cottage over the original left part of Well Cottage, while the 20th-century extension has a lower gable-ended slate roof. The interior of Tree Cottage reveals plain carpentry details. The larger room to the right has an unfinished cross beam and a large rubble fireplace with a roughly finished oak lintel. One side of the fireplace has been rebuilt with 19th-century brick, incorporating a large oven. The roof was not inspected. The interior of Well Cottage was not inspected. The cottages were formerly known as Gillets Tenements.