Cottage at Top of Hill Head, Adjoining Tower View

This cottage, located at the top of Hill Head and adjoining Tower View, likely has origins from the 17th century but was completely remodeled in the late 19th century. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble and cob, topped with a thatch roof featuring a plain ridge and stone rubble stacks with brick shafts at each gable end. The porch and rear outshut have a concrete tile roof.

The layout consists of two rooms with a central through-passage. The parlour is on the left, and the former kitchen is on the right, with a staircase located in the rear right corner of the parlour, accessible from the passage and running from back to front. A small late 19th-century kitchen and scullery outshut have been added at the rear. The original 17th-century plan has been obscured by later alterations, and it appears that the roof structure, which seems to be from the 17th century, is only over the through-passage and the right-hand room. The left-hand room may be a completely new addition from the late 19th century. It is also noted that a separate cottage originally adjoined the right-hand end, possibly forming a pair.

The cottage is two storeys high and has a three-window range. The 20th-century fenestration includes two-light casements with two panes per light, except for the ground floor left-hand window, which has three lights with three panes per light. All window openings feature brick quoins and slightly cambered lintels. There is a lean-to porch with a concrete-tiled roof and a 20th-century inner door.

Inside, the 19th-century joinery is mostly intact. The fireplace in the left-hand room has been rebuilt in the 20th century, while the fireplace in the right-hand room has a chamfered timber lintel, likely reused, and a blocked bread oven. The roof structure is entirely from the 19th century over the left end, and it is superimposed over the 17th-century structure on the right end, which has two trusses, one of which was replaced in the 20th century with a flat pitch and trenched purlins. The timbers and underside of the thatch appear blackened, possibly due to natural causes rather than exposure to an open hearth.