Edgelake Cottage

Edgelake Cottage is a house from the early 17th century, constructed of rubble and cob with a rendered finish and a gabled straw-thatched roof. It features a tall, projecting front lateral stack with a bread oven to the right, made of rubble. The layout consists of a two-room and cross or through-passage plan, with the hall and kitchen located to the right, heated by the lateral stack at the front. There is an integral hall bay to the right and a stair-turret at the back of the hall. The lower end on the left was likely unheated originally, and the partition on the lower left side of the passage has been removed, allowing direct entry into this area, which has since been subdivided.

The cottage is single storey with an attic and has asymmetrical 1:1 windows. The hall bay is positioned to the right of the hall stack, featuring predominantly 2-and 3-light 19th-century casements with glazing bars, except for a small window to the extreme right of the frontage, which has a heavily-chamfered wood frame, likely originally with wooden mullions. There is a door opening in a double-chamfered wooden frame to the left of the stack, with a peak head and a plank door. Adjacent to the doorway is a thatched roof covering the bread oven. The rear has a projecting stair-turret with a window that has a heavy wood frame.

Inside, there are remains of a plank and muntin screen, including a doorframe with a 4-centred arch head. The hall features three chamfered ceiling cross beams with pyramid stops and a fitted settle that runs into the hall bay, along with a fireplace that has a chamfered ceiling beam with pyramid stops. The stair-turret contains stone steps with wooden treads, and doorframes at both the top and bottom have peaked heads. A low doorway with a cambered head in the partition between the two rooms is now blocked. The original roof structure consists of two bays with a central closed truss and a tie beam that forms a partition between the two first-floor rooms. This cottage is a notable example of a small early 17th-century two-room plan house.