Well Cottage

House. Dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations in the 18th and 20th centuries. The house is built of rendered stone rubble, possibly with some cob. It has a thatched roof with a gabled left end and a hipped right end; the right-hand part of the roof is clad in slate. Stone stacks with brick shafts and slate weathering are located at the left-hand gable end and on the right-hand front.

The original layout was of two rooms with a central cross or through passage, into which a staircase has been inserted. The left-hand room has an end stack for heating, while the right-hand room has a front lateral stack and a small, unheated room projecting from the rear. A single-storey outbuilding behind the main house has been converted into a kitchen.

The front of the house, facing south-east, is asymmetrical with three windows. A projecting lateral stack is positioned to the right, featuring slate weathering and a tall red brick shaft. The first floor has three 20th-century metal-frame windows with two lights each. The ground floor has three 19th-century 2-light casements, all with glazing bars and slate sills. A doorway is located to the left of the centre, featuring a 19th-century panelled door and a late 19th or 20th-century porch with a lean-to shingle roof and a 20th-century glazed door. The rear of the house features a 20th-century glazed door on the right and a 9-pane fixed light window to its left. A short, gabled two-storey wing connects to a single-storey outbuilding (now the kitchen) to the left.

Inside, the left-hand room has later ceiling joists and a fireplace with slate jambs and flat arch. The right-hand room also has later joists and a blocked fireplace in the front lateral stack. Plank doors are found on the first floor. The roof structure dates to around the 18th century, with collars lapped and pegged on the face of straight principals.