Marigold Cottage

Marigold Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was refurbished and enlarged in the mid-19th century, with further extensions added in the late 19th to early 20th century, and modernized with a service outshot around 1980. The older sections are likely made of plastered cob on stone rubble footings, while the 19th-century work is also probably plastered cob on stone rubble. The building features stone rubble stacks topped with plastered brick chimney shafts, and the roof is covered with slate on the late 19th to early 20th-century extension and the circa 1980 outshot.

The cottage has a three-room plan facing southeast. The left room, which serves as the parlour, has a projecting gable-end stack. The center room, formerly the kitchen, has an axial stack that backs onto the unheated right room. An entrance lobby and main stair are located between the center and left rooms. Originally, the 17th-century cottage had a two-room plan, consisting of the central room and a small unheated lobby where the entrance hall and stair are now situated. The left room was added as a parlour extension in the mid-19th century, while the right room was extended in the late 19th to early 20th century. The circa 1980 outshot at the rear of the center and right end room contains the current kitchen and a garage.

The main cottage is two storeys tall. The exterior features an irregular four-window front with 19th and 20th-century replacement casements that include glazing bars, with the left end windows being unusually large. The front doorway is located to the left of center and now has a 20th-century door beneath a contemporary thatch hood. The roof is gable-ended.

Inside, the center room, which is the main room of the 17th-century cottage, has a soffit-chamfered and step-stopped crossbeam. The fireplace in this room is made of stone rubble with an oak lintel, which has been slightly cut back, and includes a side oven that intrudes into the room. The left end 19th-century parlour has plain exposed joists. The roof has not been inspected, but the bases of straight principals from A-frame trusses are visible.