Thrift Cottage

Thrift Cottage is a cottage that was formerly a pair of cottages, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, with an extension added around the 18th century. The building is constructed of painted stone rubble, partly rendered, possibly over cob, and features a thatched roof that is gabled at the right-hand east end and hipped at the left end. There is a large rendered gable stack on the right side with slate weathering, and a smaller stone rubble axial stack, also with slate weathering, both topped with yellow clay louvred pots.

The cottage is situated at right angles to the road and has a 2-room plan with a central passage or unheated room. The right-hand room is heated by the gable end stack, while the left-hand room, which may be the 18th-century extension, is heated by the axial stack that backs onto the central passage. Originally, the structure consisted of two cottages but has since been converted into a single house.

The exterior features two storeys and an asymmetrical design with a three-window south front, which includes two windows at the right-hand end and one on the ground floor at the left end. The windows are 20th-century two-light casements without glazing bars. There is a doorway to the right of centre with a 20th-century glazed door and a 20th-century porch. The left-hand west end has 20th-century windows, while there are no windows at the rear.

Inside, there are later exposed ceiling joists, but no main beams. The left-hand west room has a cambered unchamfered fireplace lintel, while the right-hand room features a 20th-century fireplace in the end stack. The feet of straight principal rafters are exposed in the first-floor rooms.