Smugglers Cottage

Smugglers Cottage is a small house, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, and heavily restored in the 20th century. It is constructed from local limestone and slate rubble, topped with a thatched roof featuring gabled ends. The eaves at the front extend over the first-floor windows. The building has stone rubble gable end and axial stacks.

The layout consists of a four-room single-depth plan. The original structure likely included three rooms on the right, with the end rooms heated by gable end stacks and the central room unheated, featuring doorways at both the front and back. The left room is probably a later addition, equipped with a gable end stack and external steps leading up to a loft doorway in the gable end, where the ground level is higher. In the late 19th century, a small single-storey outshut was added to the right end. In the late 20th century, the house underwent extensive restoration, and a single-storey kitchen outshut was constructed behind the left end.

The cottage is located on the edge of the River Dart, facing east over the river. The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical four-window east front, where the right window bay projects slightly. It features 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars, except for the ground floor left window, which has three lights, and the ground floor right window, which has four lights, both also with glazing bars. There are doorways to the right of centre and near the left end of the front, both with 20th-century glazed doors. The doorway to the right of centre has a 20th-century slated canopy on brackets. Steps at the left end lead up to a loft doorway in the gable end. The rear elevation includes three eyebrow half dormers with 20th-century casements and a small 20th-century outshut to the right.

Inside, all internal wall plaster has been removed. The ceiling beams are from the 20th century, except for the one in the left end room, which is a chamfered axial beam. The two original fireplaces have timber lintels, and the central unheated room contains a staircase at the back. The first floor and roof space have not been inspected.