Deason Cottages

Deason Cottages, originally a farmhouse, dates to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It was later divided into three cottages, likely in the late 19th century, and has undergone alterations in the mid and late 20th centuries. The exterior is rendered; No. 1 has a thatched roof, hipped at the left end, while Nos. 2 and 3 have an asbestos slate roof with a higher ridge. A tall rendered front lateral chimney stack with a bread oven projection is visible, along with a rendered lateral stack to the rear right end.

The original layout was a three-room and cross-passage plan, complicated by later additions. A notably narrow room existed to the right of the hall in the 17th century, and a larger parlour was added at the right end. The passage was partitioned in the 19th century, creating a small rear room, which was further extended around 1930, encroaching on the hall. A steep 19th-century staircase is positioned immediately to the right of the passage, running along the front wall. The lower end was extended with the addition of a single-room and integral leanto to the left. The farmhouse was divided into three cottages by placing partitions across the lower side of the passage and the upper end of the hall.

The cottages are two storeys high. No. 1, at the left end, has a two-window range of late 19th-century 2-light casements with 3 panes per light. The ground floor features a 2-light window with 2 panes per light to the right of a hipped thatch porch with a plank door. A 20th-century single-light window is on the left, and a flat-roofed extension is at the rear. Nos. 2 and 3 have a 9-paned window in the stack projection on the upper storey, a plank door to the left, and two 2-light casements with 6 panes per light on each floor.

Interior features include a cross ceiling beam with a large bar and run-out stops in the hall. The parlour at the right end has a chamfered axial ceiling beam with shallow step stops and a short, scroll-stopped beam across the rear window projection beside the stack, which has a chamfered fireplace lintel. The roof was raised and renewed around 1930 over Nos. 2 and 3. The interior of No. 1 was not inspected.