Barton Cottage

Barton Cottage is a detached house dating from the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and later centuries. It is constructed of a mix of cob and stone, with plaster on the walls, and a tarred shingle half-hipped roof. Originally designed with a 3-room plan and a through-passage, it includes a rear wing to the upper end. There are two end chimney stacks and a central chimney stack, dating from the 19th century, positioned towards the right-hand end. A more recent axial stack, added to heat the hall which backs onto the through-passage, is visible only within the roof space, and has brick shafts. The cottage has two storeys, with a 5-window front. The upper-floor windows are 2 and 3-light casements, one with an ovolo-moulded surround and mullions. Two of these windows are 19th century replacements with bars; the ground floor has four 2-and 3-light casement windows. A door leading to the passage is slightly right of centre and sheltered by a canopy dating from circa 1960. The rear of the building has 1- and 2-light windows, two of which are 19th century. A hipped extension to the right side of the house now functions as a garage. Internally, some beams in the upper end appear to have been reset, with chamfered edges and step stops. A massive, chamfered lintel sits above the (now redundant) hall fireplace, where the lower end of the cottage has been jettied out and supported by a bressumer slightly above and projecting forward. A chamfered axial beam is also present, featuring a distinctive type of pyramid stops. The roof structure includes two hip cruck trusses and two jointed cruck trusses along its entire length, all heavily smoke-blackened, particularly over the upper end. Some original rafters remain adjacent to the axial stack, though these medieval roof elements are no longer functional and are covered by a replacement roof from the early 20th century.