Sally'S Cottage

Sally’s Cottage is a house dating from around the middle of the 17th century, and possibly a remodelling of an earlier structure. The external walls are a mix of whitewashed cob and stone rubble, with a thatched roof featuring a plain ridge and half-hipped ends. Two lateral stacks project from the rear; the left-hand stack has a bulge indicating a former bread oven. The original layout consisted of three rooms in a row, with a through passage, although later partitions in the lower end of the house and between the hall and inner room have been removed. A winder staircase is situated in the rear right corner of the hall. In the 18th century, the house was divided into two cottages.

The front facade is asymmetrical, with three window bays. The thatch overhangs the first-floor windows, creating an eyebrow effect. Steps lead up to a plank front door, positioned to the right of centre, opening into the through passage. Most of the windows are 20th-century casements, with one exception: a four-light window on the ground floor to the right.

Inside, original 17th-century carpentry survives. The passage retains scratch-moulded joists, along with a partial plank and muntin screen at the lower end and a complete screen on the hall side. The hall features chamfered scroll-stopped crossbeams, scratch-moulded joists, and a fireplace with a chamfered stopped lintel and red sandstone jambs. The fireplace in the inner room is blocked, the lower end fireplace has been rebuilt, and the lower end displays closely-spaced axial beams of slender scantling. The roof construction, while not fully inspected, includes trusses characteristic of the late 17th century, with halved and pegged joints at the apex, a threaded ridge, and principal rafters.

The cottage was formerly known as Tarr’s Cottage, and the name Sally's Cottage likely refers to Sally Cumming, the wife of William Cumming, a thatcher who died in 1890. The house fronts the main street and contributes significantly to the character of the local conservation area.