Cherry Tree Cottage

Cherry Tree Cottage is a house with origins dating back to the early 16th century, which was remodeled in the 17th century. At the time of the survey in 1987, substantial alterations from the late 20th century were still in progress. The cottage is constructed of whitewashed rendered cob and stone, topped with a thatched roof that has a gabled left end and a hipped right end. There are rendered shafts on the left end and axial stacks.

The plan features a single depth layout that is four rooms wide, originally designed as an open hall house from the late medieval period. Although internal partitions have been altered, there may have been a cross passage at the rear of the hall axial stack, which is indicated by a modern porch and doorway.

The exterior stands two stories tall with an asymmetrical five-window front. A 20th-century front door is located to the left of center, leading into a stair hall, while another 20th-century porch and front door to the right of center may occupy the site of an earlier entrance to the cross passage. The windows are 20th-century timber casements with glazing bars, available in one, two, and three-light configurations.

Inside, the cottage has been significantly altered, but the room to the right of the cross passage seems to have been the 17th-century hall. This room features a chamfered step-stopped crossbeam, exposed joists, and a large open fireplace with a chamfered timber lintel, granite rubble jambs, and a decayed brick-lined bread oven. Chamfered crossbeams are also present in the extreme right and left-hand rooms. The first floor was undergoing modernization at the time of the survey.

The roof includes one smoke-blackened side-pegged jointed cruck to the right of the axial stack, situated beneath a late 20th-century roof. The trusses over the left end of the house, also beneath late 20th-century timbers, are late 17th-century collar rafter trusses with lap dovetailed collars. This cottage stands as a roadside house with medieval origins.