Shoal of Furze

Shoal of Furze is a small, detached cottage dating from the early 18th century, with deeds indicating a construction date of 1701. The walls are built of cob or whitewashed rubble, featuring an exposed rubble stack raised in brick. The roof is thatched. The cottage is arranged as a single room above another ("one-up/one-down"), with a large stack at the back gable, and the lower end—facing the road—is hipped. It originally had one window on the front, with two steel casement windows and one two-light casement. On the right return side are two small two-light windows, one on each floor, alongside a later extension which is not of particular interest. The left side of the cottage has a thatched roof swept down over a small additional room. A 20th-century door is set within a lean-to porch. Internally, the cottage has early beams, a 20th-century fireplace, various early plank doors, and a spiral staircase located in the back left corner, close to the stacks. The cottage is situated on the edge of a disused quarry. The origin of the name "Shoal of Furze" is unexplained, and it appears to be too small for it to have been an alehouse.