The Cider Cottage

The Cider Cottage is a small house, one of a pair with Myrtle Cottage, dating from around the mid-19th century, with a later 20th-century extension at the rear. It is constructed of roughcast local stone rubble, with an asbestos slate roof featuring gabled ends and moulded cast iron gutters. The house has stone rubble gable end stacks with tapered tops, slate weathering, and louvred yellow clay pots. Originally planned with a two-room layout, each room heated by a gable end stack and a central entrance, the house was altered in the 20th century. A front doorway was created giving access into the left-hand room, which became the stair hall, and a large extension was added to the rear. The south front is symmetrical, with two windows. It features 20th-century two-light casements, two panes per light. The central doorway is now a window, and the left-hand ground floor window has been replaced by a late 20th-century glazed door and a large gabled porch with a four-light window. Internally, a circa late 19th-century straight staircase with turned balusters, located at the rear of the left-hand entrance hall, was likely moved from the centre of the house.