Brinshill

Brinshill is a gardener's cottage located in the kitchen garden of Mamhead House, likely remodeled in the mid-19th century from an earlier structure. At the time of the survey in 1987, an extension was under construction. The cottage features colourwashed stuccoed stone and a Roman tile roof that is hipped over the tower and gabled over the blocks to the north, showcasing an Italianate style.

The layout consists of three rooms: a single-storey service block on the left (north), a two-storey heated block in the center, and a three-storey Italianate tower at the south end, which may have been remodeled. The tower has 19th-century timber sash windows on its west and south faces, with one window on the first and second floors. The top storey features three round-headed arches on each face below the eaves, with recessed windows and moulded arches supported by plain capitals. The two-storey block to the north includes two small late 20th-century first-floor casements and a ground-floor bow window with 19th-century timber small-pane sashes and a pantile roof. The single-storey block at the left end has one small window at the extreme left and a 20th-century timber sash with glazing bars to the right.

The interior is plain, with access to brick vaulted paired tunnels that are approximately 50 feet long, which were once part of the heating system for the orchid house that no longer exists above ground. The cottage has group value with the Palm House and the garden and terrace walls.