Tor Hill Cottage

Tor Hill Cottage is a cottage dating to approximately the early 18th century, with a 20th-century extension. It is constructed of rendered rubble walls, with a rear projecting lateral stack. There is also a rendered brick lateral stack to the rear on the right-hand side. The roof is hipped and thatched. The cottage originally comprised two rooms, with the principal room to the left, heated by a rear lateral stack. An off-centre entrance passage leads to a smaller, unheated room to the right. 20th-century single-storey extensions have been added to the right-hand end and to the rear of the left-hand room. The front facade is almost regular, with two windows. The ground floor has late 20th-century two-light casements with small panes. The first floor likely has 20th-century three-light casements with mock leading, potentially in earlier frames. A gabled, open-fronted 20th-century thatched porch with a 20th-century glazed door is situated to the right of the centre. A thatched 20th-century storey extension appears at the right gable end. The interior was inaccessible at the time of survey, but the left-hand room was seen to retain an original cambered wood lintel over the fireplace. This building holds group value as a well-preserved example of an early vernacular cottage.