Knill Cottage

Knill Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered stone and some cob, topped with a slate roof featuring clay ridge tiles. The building has two axial stone stacks with tapered caps and drips. Inside, the layout consists of two rooms divided by a passage; the room on the right is heated by a stack that backs onto the passage, while the left room, which formerly had a gable end stack, is now enclosed by an attached lofted outbuilding with a monopitch roof at its left end. The left partition to the passage is made of thin tongue and groove planking, likely a 19th-century addition to what was originally a two-room plan with direct entry. The left rear corner wall curves sharply, suggesting it may have contained the original stairs, which now run alongside the rear wall at the back of the passage. The cottage is two storeys high and features a two-window range with 20th-century two-light casements. Flanking a gabled porch with a segmental arch and a four-panelled inner door (with glazed upper panels) are two 20th-century four-light casements. A short, curving section of high stone rubble wall extends forward from the left end of the outbuilding. Inside, there is some 19th-century joinery and a late 19th or early 20th-century roof structure with bark-covered timbers.