Brayleys And Glen Haven

Two adjoining cottages, probably originally a single dwelling, were built in the early to mid-17th century, with later alterations. They are constructed of painted rendered stone rubble and cob, with thatched roofs featuring a plain ridge and gable ends. A hipped thatched roof covers a short rear wing at the right end. There is a brick stack at the right end, along with two rear lateral stacks: one of stone rubble with a tapered cap, and the other having a brick shaft.

The left-hand cottage (Brayleys) likely had rooms on either side of a central staircase. The left-hand room is heated by a rear lateral stack of stone rubble, while the right-hand room has a fireplace in the rear right-hand corner. The second cottage (Glen Haven) originally comprised two rooms but has been altered to feature a single large room with a direct entry, heated by the gable end fireplace. A short kitchen wing was added to the rear right end, likely in the early 19th century, with a further extension built in the late 20th century. There is also an early 20th-century, two-storey outshut to the rear of Brayleys at the left end.

Internal alterations and subdivision have obscured the original layout. It is possible that the lateral brick stack replaced a stone rubble stack, suggesting a potential original design of three rooms and a cross-passage, with a lower end to the left of the former passage and a hall to the right. The hall would have been heated by rear lateral stacks, and the inner room by the gable end stack. Inside Glen Haven, there are two chamfered cross ceiling beams with prism and scroll stops. A chamfered fireplace lintel with a deep recess to the left may have originally been a smoking chamber. Brayleys also has deep chamfered cross ceiling beams in each room, and a scroll-stopped chamfered fireplace lintel in the left-hand room. The roof structure is believed to be largely intact from the 17th century, with straight principals visible beneath the thatch.