Myrtle Cottage Including Front Garden Area Wall, Railings Gate Piers And Parterres

Myrtle Cottage is a small house, part of a pair with The Cider Cottage, built around the mid-19th century. It has been altered internally and extended at the back in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of plastered stone rubble and features a grouted scantle slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, hipped at the left end and gabled at the right, where it adjoins The Cider Cottage. Moulded cast iron gutters are present, along with two lateral stacks at the back that have louvred yellow day pots. The layout includes a central entrance, with each room heated from a rear lateral stack. In the late 20th century, the two rooms were combined into one large room, and a significant extension was added at the back.

The exterior is two storeys high with a basement and has a symmetrical three-window south front. It features tall mid-19th century two-light casements with glazing bars and eight panes per light. The central doorway has a late 19th-century glazed and panelled door, topped by a 20th-century gabled porch with a slate roof.

The front garden area includes a wall, railings, gate-piers, and parterres. The walls have a local limestone ashlar plinth with rustic quartz rubble above. The left section features cast-iron railings with fleur-de-lis finials above the plinth. There is a pier at the left end of the railings and two gate-piers opposite the front doorway, made of limestone monoliths with chamfered corners. The gate-piers have crossed-gabled tops with trefoils and are inscribed with "Myrtle Cottage" in upper case lettering. One of the gate-piers has the date 1880 and the mason's name, W Blampey, at its base. The gate is from the 20th century. The path leading to the front doorway and the quatrefoil parterres on either side feature patterned cobbled paths and dressed limestone curb stones. The front garden is a notable and unusual survival.