Lower Bagborough Cottages

The cottages at Lower Bagborough were originally a farmhouse, dating back to the 16th century. It was altered between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and again in the mid-to-late 19th century when it was divided into three separate cottages and extended. The original farmhouse was built with a three-room-and-through-passage layout, facing south-east. The room now occupied by number 3 served as a service room and was located at the south-west end, number 2 occupies the former hall and inner room, and number 1 was added to the north-east in the mid-to-late 19th century, incorporating a projecting wing. There are stacks at each end of the original service and inner rooms, and an axial stack that backs onto the through passage. Number 1 has a stack between the main body and the projecting front wing.

The front of the cottages has six windows. These are mostly 19th and 20th century casements of various sizes, arranged irregularly. Three half-dormers with thatched gables and plain bargeboards are on the right-hand side. Number 3 has 20th-century iron casements, a front door, and a plain porch. The doorframe between number 2 and 3, leading to the through passage, has an elaborate moulded surround dating from the late 16th to early 17th century. To the right of this door is a 19th-century window with a late 16th-to-early 17th-century hoodmould. Two pigeon holes are situated under the eaves between the passage door and the hall window. The roof is hipped on the left side and half-hipped on the front wing.

A rear passage door has a frame dating from the late 16th to early 17th century, featuring a chamfered surround and segmental head. A stair turret projects from the rear of the hall and inner room. The interior, based on limited access, is notable for a rubble wall in the passage to the service wing. The passage to the hall contains a late 16th-to-early 17th-century oak plank-and-muntin screen alongside the rear of the hall fireplace; the muntins are chamfered with step stops. A similar screen is located at the upper end of the hall, and a 17th-century moulded axial beam is above the hall. The roof was not inspected.