Orlycombe Cottage

Orlycombe Cottage is a house believed to have been an almshouse in the early 18th century. There may be an earlier addition on the left side, and a 19th or 18th-century outbuilding is attached to the right end. The cottage is constructed of painted stone rubble and features a slated roof that is hipped at both ends. There are two large projecting chimney-stacks on the rear wall; the left-hand stack is broader at the base, possibly indicating it contained an oven, while the right-hand stack shows signs that the roof was once thatched.

The original layout of the cottage is uncertain, but there are four doorways in the front wall, three of which are blocked, suggesting there were likely only two heated rooms on the ground floor. The building is two storeys high and the front is three windows wide, symmetrical about the center line. The current front door, which is off-centre to the right and dates from the 19th or 20th century, features a plank door with a top section that opens independently. It has a moulded wood doorframe and a wooden canopy with a small slated hipped roof supported by brackets.

To the right of the front door is a 4-light timber window with a king mullion, followed by a smaller window that was previously a doorway. To the left of the front door is another doorway that has been converted into a window, followed by another 4-light timber window with a king mullion, and a fourth doorway at the left end that has also been converted into a window. The second storey has a 4-light timber window with a king mullion at either end, with a smaller window inserted off-centre between them. All windows feature 18th or 19th-century wood casements.

Inside, the fireplaces on both the ground and second storeys have plain wood lintels. The roof trusses, likely from the 18th or early 19th century, have collars pegged to the face of the trusses, with no ridge and very lightly trenched purlins.