Tudor Cottage And Gospel Hall

Tudor Cottage and Gospel Hall, likely originating in the 16th century, has undergone significant alterations in the 17th and 19th/early 20th centuries. The building is constructed of rendered cob walls with a thatched roof, hipped to the right and gabled to the left, and a slate roof to the rear outshut. It features a rendered rubble stack to the left gable end and a large lateral stack at the rear. The original layout probably comprised three rooms: a heated left-hand room with a gable stack, a heated right-hand room with a rear lateral stack, and an unheated central room. An 18th-century rear wing was added behind the right-hand room. The building was likely divided into two units around the late 19th century; the left-hand end becoming the Gospel Hall, with a rear outshut added at that time. The front elevation is asymmetrical, presenting a three-window façade. The Gospel Hall has mid-20th-century two-light casement windows. The Tudor Cottage section features a 19th-century three-light wooden mullion window with ogee-headed lights on the ground floor. A similar style two-light window is located on the first floor to the right, although the left-hand light has been altered with a square-headed casement inserted into the arched opening, likely a 19th-century modification. A 20th-century lean-to porch with a plank door is positioned in the angle where the rear wing projects onto the road. The rear of the wing includes an outshut on the right. The interior of Tudor Cottage contains a rough, possibly replacement, wooden lintel above the fireplace in the main room. Significant late 17th-century plasterwork is found in the first-floor room at the right gable end, displaying a square design with a border of raised flowers, squares, and rosettes, with a rosette at the centre. To the left of this design are two fishes alternating with a rosette and a tulip-like flower, although these are largely obscured by paint. A document from 1566 referencing a “Church house” may pertain to this building.