Rowan Tree Cottage

Rowan Tree Cottage is a cottage that was part of a former farmhouse, dating from the early to mid-17th century and extended in the 19th century. It features plastered cob on rubble footings and has rubble stacks topped with 19th-century brick. The cottage has a gable end facing south-east, away from the road. The right room was originally the inner room of the 17th-century farmhouse, which was later subdivided and enlarged to the left in the 19th century. There is an axial stack in the right room and a rear lateral stack in the left room. The cottage is two storeys high with an irregular three-window front that includes late 19th-century and 20th-century casements. Each room has a 20th-century door on the right side, with the right door located behind a 20th-century glass-sided porch. The right room features an early to mid-17th-century crossbeam with double-ovolo moulding and leaf-decorated step stops, while the oak fireplace lintel has rebated ogee moulding and leaf-decorated step stops. The roof is inaccessible but is likely to have been replaced in the 19th century. The remainder of the original farmhouse is occupied by Lower Shoplands.