Watermans Cottages

Watermans Cottages comprise a pair of cottages, originally a single house and formerly a public house and post office. The building dates to the 17th century or earlier, with remodelling and extensions occurring around the late 18th or 19th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble, with a slate roof featuring back-glazed ridge tiles, a hipped end on the left and a half-hipped end on the right. Rendered stacks are situated at each end, along with an earlier axial stack to the rear of the left-hand side and a lateral stack to the rear of the right-hand side, both with heightened shafts.

The original house likely possessed a 2-room plan, possibly with a central passage. It evolved to a 3-room plan, with the main front range subsequently extended to the left in the late 18th or early 19th century, likely coinciding with the conversion to cottages. Number 1 occupies the central and left rooms, alongside the front of the passage, while Number 2 utilises the rear of the passage and the right-hand room. A single-storey outshut was added to the rear of Number 2 during the 20th century.

The north front is asymmetrical, displaying five windows. These are mostly 2 and 3-light casements with glazing bars, with the exception of a late 19th-century 2-light casement with glazing bars on the first floor to the right of centre, and late 20th-century 2-light casements on the right of both ground and first floors. All windows have slate sills. The ground floor window to the left of centre retains a chamfered timber lintel with bar stops, suggesting its 17th-century origin. The original through-passage doorway, located to the left of centre, features a large, open-fronted roughcast porch with a lean-to scantle slate roof, interior seats on side walls, and a 20th-century glazed door.

The interior of Number 2 was inspected; it features renewed ceiling beams. A fireplace is present at the rear, including a large slate lintel supported by corbels. The rounded turret-like newel staircase located to the right of the stack has been replaced. The roof was also replaced in the 20th century.