Magnolia And Myrtle Cot

Magnolia and Myrtle Cot is a pair of cottages dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, with alterations and possible extensions from the 19th century. The construction is of roughcast rendered stone rubble and possibly cob, with a thatched roof. The western end of Myrtle Cot has higher eaves. Gable end stacks are present, one on the right with a short rendered shaft and slate weathering, and the other on the left with a truncated shaft.

The cottages appear to have an original plan of two rooms each. Magnolia, on the east end, is likely the older house, with a two-room layout, the left room originally heated by a gable end stack and the right room possibly unheated. Myrtle Cot, to the west, seems to have been built as a separate cottage with a similar two-room plan, with the right room heated from a gable end stack and the left room unheated.

The front elevation has an asymmetrical four-window range. The right-hand part, Myrtle Cot, features higher eaves and tall 19th-century 12-pane fixed light windows on the first floor. A 20th-century door is centrally located, with an early 20th-century casement window to the left. Magnolia has a small 19th-century three-light casement window on the left end and a late 19th-century glazed and panelled door to the right of centre, sheltered by a slate canopy supported on timber cantilevers. All front windows have slate sills. The rear elevation was not inspected. The interior was inaccessible during a survey in 1989.