Willa Cottage/Court Barton Cottage

This is a pair of cottages, originally a farmhouse, dating back to around 1500. The building was altered in the 17th century and remodelled in the early 20th century, and was likely converted into two cottages in the 19th century. The construction consists of rendered cob and rubble walls, with a gable-ended wood shingle roof. There are two brick-shafted stacks: one at the left gable and another off-centre on the right side of the roof.

The original layout included three rooms and a through-passage, open to the roof above the hall. In the early 17th century, the hall was floored and an axial stack was inserted, backing onto the passage. The lower room has a 17th-century gable-end stack, while the inner room was likely unheated. The cottages were converted in the 19th century, and Court Barton Cottage was extended to the rear in the early to mid-20th century, with remodelling and new windows during that period.

The front of the building is asymmetrical, with four windows, the right-hand side belonging to Willa Cottage and the left to Court Barton Cottage. Most windows are 20th-century two-light casements with diamond leaded panes. The ground floor window on the left is a three-light bay, while the central window is a two-light bay. The first-floor windows on the outer sides have decorative gablets above, with the roof line curving over the inner pair. A likely original round-headed, chamfered oak doorframe, recessed within a square surround, is located to the left of centre, with a 20th-century plank door featuring a coloured glazed light on either side. A former barn has been converted and is now linked to the main house by a 20th-century extension at the rear.

Inside Willa Cottage (comprising the original hall and inner room), a single jointed cruck with side pegs, threaded purlins, morticed collars, and a diagonal ridge remains visible, blackened by smoke. This cruck spans the hall. A blocked original two-light wood mullioned window with cusped lights is found just below the eaves. The hall also features a heavy timber lintel to the blocked fireplace and two chamfered cross beams with bar and hollow step stops, the higher cross beam being chamfered on the hall side only. Court Barton Cottage may contain a concealed plank and muntin screen at the lower side of the passage, indicated by a head beam and wooden posts. The lower room of this cottage has a chamfered cross beam with hollow step stops on chamfered wooden posts. A small open fireplace is also present, featuring a chamfered wood lintel with worn bar stops and single sandstone jambs.

Despite the conversion into two cottages and the 20th-century remodelling of the facade, the building retains a number of original features, with the survival of the original doorway and window being particularly notable.