Quay Cottage

Quay Cottage is a house, likely built in the mid-17th century, originally divided into two or three cottages in the 19th century and subsequently reunited into a single dwelling in the 20th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble, possibly with some cob, and has a roof covered in asbestos sheets with half-hipped ends, formerly thatched. A small, roughcast axial stack is situated to the right of centre. The original layout comprised three rooms and a through passage, with a lower, unheated end on the left. The hall features an axial stack and a front stair turret; the larger room to the right was also unheated. In the 19th century, the passage’s rear doorway was blocked, a partition was removed from the lower end of the passage, and partitions were inserted to form a small room at the rear with a front passage leading to a doorway in the lower end wall. A third doorway was added into the front of the inner room for direct access.

The northwest front is asymmetrical, dominated by a large stair turret to the right of centre. This turret has a curved front and a lean-to roof. A small 19th-century fixed-light stair window with four panes is set within the turret. To the left of the turret is a late 19th-century plank door, and further left, a late 19th-century single-light casement window on the ground floor. Immediately to the right of the turret is a late 19th-century four-pane sash window on the first floor and a 20th-century top-opening window at ground level. The right-hand corner of the building is curved. The rear elevation has an asymmetrical arrangement of late 19th-century casement windows, some with glazing bars; one to the right of centre may have been the blocked rear passage doorway. There is a further doorway in the lower left-hand end wall with a plank door and a corrugated asbestos sheet canopy.

Inside, the central room (the hall) contains roughly chamfered cross-beams with run-out stops, and a fireplace with a concealed timber lintel. The lower left end contains 19th-century partitions and a late 19th-century cast-iron grate in a lateral fireplace. The newel stair has wooden treads and risers. Visible in the first-floor room are straight roof principals resting on wall plates.